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The Manad Plus Help Desk support team will be working over the holiday season; however, they’ll be taking a well-deserved break on the following 3 days:

– Monday December 26th – Closed
– Tuesday December 27th- Closed
– Monday January 2nd – Closed

During this time if you have any questions/issues please email support@manad.com.au or leave a message on our answering machine (1300 62 62 32) and someone will respond to you as soon as possible.

Remember you can always use the self-help tools for assistance. If using version 4 they are located in User Options > Tip Sheets or if using version 5, go to: Help > Help Centre.

From all the staff at Management Advantage we would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year.

Thank you for your continued support in 2016 and we look forward to working with you all as we continue to develop Manad Plus even further in 2017.

The following information further clarifies the department’s 16 December 2016 article on Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) Question 12.4 in Issue #24 of the Information for Aged Care Providers newsletter.

As per the ACFI User Guide 2017:

• The evidence requirements for Complex Pain Management ACFI 12.4a claims include a directive given by a registered nurse or medical practitioner or allied health professional, as well as an evidence based pain assessment.
• The evidence requirements for Complex Pain Management ACFI 12.4b claims include a directive given by a medical practitioner or allied health professional, as well as an evidence based pain assessment.
• Under question 12.4a and 12.4b, it is permissible for the treatment to be undertaken by a different health professional than the one who gave the directive, noting that for question 12.4a the different health professional is limited, to an allied health professional or registered nurse, and for question 12.4b, an allied health professional only. Health professionals undertaking these treatments must be operating within their scope of practice and comply with the registration and/or accreditation requirements outlined on pages 38 to 39 of the ACFI User Guide 2017.

The 2016-17 Budget provided for an extra $102.3 million over four years from 2016-17 to increase and better target the viability supplement under the Modified Monash Model.

Changes to residential care, home care and flexible care come into effect on 1 January 2017.

Information is available on:

residential care, including the new viability supplement points calculator
home care, including new grandparenting arrangements
new viability supplement payment rates.

Read more:

Viability Supplement – 1 January 2017 changes

The Maximum Permissible Interest Rate (MPIR) applicable to accommodation prices and to refund periods for refundable deposit balances and accommodation bond balances will remain constant at 5.76% for the period of 1 January to 31 March 2017.

The Base Interest Rate remains unchanged at 3.75%.

Schedule of Fees and Charges for Residential and Home Care From 1 January 2017 (.pdf)
Schedule of Fees and Charges for Pre 1 July 2014 Residents From 1 January 2017 (.pdf)

The Department of Health have release a number of resources including an updated ACFI User Guide applicable from 1 January 2017.

Updated ACFI Resources

ACFI User Guide 2017 (.pdf)
ACFI Answer Appraisal Pack 2017 (.pdf)
ACFI Assessment Pack 2017 (.pdf)
ACFI Application for Classification Form 2017 (on Medicare website)

The Department of Health has released a new edition of its ‘Information for Aged Care Providers’ newsletter.

Read more:

Information for Aged Care Providers – Issue #2016/22 (.pdf)

We have delayed slightly the release of our next version update, v5.4.

Due to the expectation the 1 Jan 2017 ACFI changes will be approved in their current form we are working with Medicare on implementing these and they will now be included in the 5.4 version (along with a number of new features and improvements).

We will update you again on the progress in a few weeks and should have available a link to download the Release Notes highlighting each of the changes.

If you have any questions, then please contact our Help Desk team: support@manad.com.au

The Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine who produce the Residential Aged Care Communiqué have now release a new edition.

The Future Leaders Communiqué is an electronic publication containing narrative case reports about lessons learned from Coroners’ investigations into preventable deaths. These articles are written by healthcare graduates with a fresh take on current matters.

Read more:

Future Leaders Communiqué, Volume 1, Issue 1 – October 2016 (.pdf)

The Department of Health has released a new edition of its ‘Information for Aged Care Providers’ newsletter.

Read more:

Information for Aged Care Providers – Issue #2016/21 (.pdf)