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Fee adjustments
When updates to a care recipient’s income and assets are made we:
- look at all changes to a care recipient’s personal and financial circumstances
- look at changes to a care recipient’s care needs
- apply any fee changes for their means test reassessment
- apply any adjustments required in the care recipient funding
- adjust the government subsidy you’re paid as a result of this change.
The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing apply changes to fees, charges, subsidies and supplements in line with regular Consumer Price Index changes each year on:
- 20 March
- 1 July
- 20 September
- 1 October.
Learn more about subsidies and supplements for Aged Care on the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing website.
After the Fee adjustments
We’ll send a letter to the care recipient, their nominee if they have one and the provider if an adjustment is required. Fee adjustments may result in a decrease or increase in care recipient fees, and the letter will advise of the outcome and the date the adjustment is to be applied from.
We won’t send letters if the only change is the basic daily fee.
If your care recipient is eligible for an adjustment, we’ll send the adjustment to you as part of the normal claim process. It’s your responsibility to pass any refund onto your care recipient.