Media Release: 16 December 2015

A stronger compliance regime, including tough new fines, and better-targeting of funding will be introduced to protect the integrity of Australia’s residential aged care sector and the thousands of passionate providers delivering older Australians high quality care every day.

Minister for Aged Care Sussan Ley today announced that, for the first time, fines would be introduced for aged care providers caught making repeated false claims under the Government’s $10.6 billion Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI), which directly subsidises providers to deliver care services for residents based on their level of need.

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Stronger Compliance to Protect Integrity of Aged Care Sector (.pdf)