Insight on funding, care minutes and aged care strategy.
Practical, provider-facing analysis on AN-ACC funding, care minutes management and strengthened Quality Standards compliance — the same thinking behind our client work.
AN-ACC Change Explorer Launch
On 2 September 2026, the Government confirmed the AN-ACC base price will rise from $295.64 to $303.19 from 1 October, a 2.55% uplift, retained on IHACPA's…
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Clinical governance & the compliance evidence bar under the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards.
Eight months in, here's what a lot of boards still haven't clocked: the strengthened Standards aren't a thing you're preparing for anymore. They're already…
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Confidence isn't built during an audit. It's built every day.
Across aged care, we've seen the conversation shift.
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Occupational violence & worker safety in residential aged care.
Eighty-eight per cent of nurses, midwives and carers have experienced or witnessed violence or aggression at work. In 2019 that figure was 80%. It's moving…
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Restrictive Practices
For years, "last resort" was a clinical judgment. A resident escalated, a shift turned bad, and someone - a nurse, a GP, a duty manager at 2am - made a…
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Smart Practice 10 - Measure Success by Outcomes, Not Activity
This is part of our Smart Practice series on funding and care minute management, focused on improving control, compliance and financial performance.
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Smart Practice 9 - Turn Live Data Into Repeatable Decisions
This is part of our Smart Practice series on funding and care minute management, focused on improving control, compliance and financial performance.
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Smart Practice 8 - Track Funding and Care Minutes While There's Still Time to Act
This is part of our Smart Practice series on funding and care minute management, focused on improving control, compliance and financial performance.
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Smart Practice 7 - Plan Care Minutes for Moving Occupancy
This is part of our Smart Practice series on funding and care minute management, focused on improving control, compliance and financial performance.
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Smart Practice 6 - Align Uplift Decisions With the Right Quarter
This is part of our Smart Practice series on funding and care minute management, focused on improving control, compliance and financial performance.
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Food is Care (Std1 + Std6)
Food is never just food.
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Smart Practice 5 - Model Before You Commit
This is part of our Smart Practice series on funding and care minute management, focused on improving control, compliance and financial performance.
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Cat. 6 Registration Review Findings
At HG, our consultants have completed a few category 6 re-registration reviews and mock audits. Here's the uncomfortable truth these early audits are exposing:
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Smart Practice 4 - Turn Dashboards into Decisions
This is part of our Smart Practice series on funding and care minute management, focused on improving control, compliance and financial performance.
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Care Plans: Older Persons leading care.
Person‑centred care starts with listening.
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Smart Practice 3 - Develop a purpose built model to manage the cost of care minute delivery
This is part of our Smart Practice series on funding and care minute management, focused on improving control, compliance and financial performance.
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Care Plans: Has Anyone Told You They're Actually Yours?
Care plans are everywhere in aged care. They're talked about in meetings, reviewed by staff, updated in systems, and nodded at very seriously.
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Smart Practice 2 - Build a Unified Funding-Resource Management Team
This is part of our Smart Practice series on funding and care minute management, focused on improving control, compliance and financial performance.
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Smart Practice 1 - Build a Truly Dynamic Roster
This is part of our Smart Practice Series on funding and care minute management, focused on improving control, compliance and financial performance.
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From Random Audits to Annual Assurance: The Next Step for Care Minutes Reporting
The Department of Health has recently released guidance explaining how auditors will assess the Care Minutes Performance Statement. While the document is…
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Strengthening Funding Confidence Without Adding Workload
For an independent aged care home like Akooramak, the challenge wasn't capability, it was visibility, time, and competing operational demands. With an…
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Simmering Funding Pressure
Since the new AN-ACC rates took effect on 1 October, we've helped clients impact-assess over 2,000 beds.
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Insight: Aged Care Workforce Crisis
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA)'s new report, Duty of care: How to fix the aged care worker shortage, says current labour…
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Turning Extra Care Into Smarter Care
In many homes, teams deliver more care minutes than required. The intention is positive but often it happens without planning, control, or enough funding to…
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Staffing Star Rating: A Clarity Lever, Not Just a Score Beyond the Public Scorecard
Staffing Star Rating is often treated as a public scorecard, but it is more than that.
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What the New Care Minutes Report Tells Us, and Where the Real Levers Are
The Australian Government has released its latest Care Minutes in Residential Aged Care Dashboard, providing an updated, aggregated view of how residential…
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Before You Act on Care Minutes, Get Oriented
With Care Minute Supplement penalties approaching, many services are already shifting into response mode.
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A Real-Life $50,000 Care Minute Management Case Study
Client Profile
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The $31 Million AN-ACC Funding Uplift Experience
Over the past two years, our team has helped more than 130 aged care facilities capture $31,061,155 in additional annual AN-ACC variable funding - and along…
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A Tale of Two Care Minute Strategies
I've been speaking with a number of managers overseeing funding and care minutes across their organisations. What stood out is that there are two distinct…
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AN-ACC Funding AN-ACC & Care Minute Update - October 2025
Our team has designed a great infographic to help you understand the different tiers.
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AN-ACC Funding Classifications update - October 2025
Our team has designed a great infographic to help you understand the different tiers.
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Preparing for the First Assessed Quarter of Care Minute Supplement
If you operate in a regional location, now is the perfect time to prepare strategies in case Care Minute Supplement is rolled out more broadly. And if…
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You Don't Need to Improve Much to Gain Big.
Care Minute Supplement (CMS) funding is designed to reward delivery. And the good news is — even small shifts in care minute performance can unlock…
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The Companion Service That Helps You Deliver Results
Mirus Metrics and Care Minute Manager (CMM) are powerful tools — and they're a core part of how we help our clients succeed.
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The Real Risk Behind Care Minute Supplement
The Care Minute Supplement (CMS) is often misunderstood. It's not a bonus — it's part of your base funding, and failing to meet your targets effectively…
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Introducing the Funding-Resource Efficiency (FRE) Model
You don't need more dashboards. You need one number: FRE.
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Why Funding and Care Minutes Must Be Managed Together
A big part of your funding is based on your resident's AN-ACC case mix and care delivery. That case mix determines your required care minutes. Your care…
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The Hidden Cost of Unaligned Funding and Workforce Planning
You can deliver 100% of your care minutes and still operate at a financial loss.
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AN-ACC Funding Classifications update - March 2025
Our team has designed a great infographic to help you understand the different tiers.
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Discover Tips for a Healthy Holiday Season
The holiday season is a time for joy, celebration, and connection, but it can also bring its share of stress and temptations. Balancing festive indulgences…
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Exciting updates have just been released in the aged care sector that can significantly impact funding and operations.
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AN-ACC Funding Classifications update - October 2024
Our team has designed a great infographic to help you understand the different tiers.
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How to Choose the Right Aged Care Consultant
Choosing the right aged care consultant is crucial for ensuring your loved ones receive the best possible care. An experienced aged care consultant can…
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Unlock Hidden AN-ACC Funding Opportunities: A Message from Health Generation's MD
Dear Valued Customers and Prospective Clients,
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Embracing Human Rights: Aged Care Consultant Insight
The landscape of aged care in Australia is on the cusp of a transformative era, heralded by the introduction of the "New Aged Care Act exposure draft." This…
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AN-ACC Funding Classifications update - December 2023
Our team has designed a great infographic to help you understand the different tiers.
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From July 1st 2023, new AN-ACC aged care funding rates and subsidies will come into effect. We've summarised the key changes below, and provided some…
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Optimal funding outcomes are only achieved with proactive management.
Read the full articleThe AN-ACC Assessment process made simple
We believe a thorough understanding of the assessment process will assist providers be more prepared for an assessor visit, and optimise the accuracy of…
Read the full articleAN-ACC Reconsideration made simple
Reconsideration is a process of having a resident reassessed by another external AN-ACC assessor, if the initial classification is perceived to be…
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Differences between ACFI & AN-ACC
Our team has designed a great infographic to help you understand the differences between the old and new funding models.
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AN-ACC Classifications made simple
Our team has designed a great infographic to help you understand the different tiers.
Read the full articleAN-ACC Reclassification made simple
Reclassification is a process of having a resident reassessed by an external AN-ACC assessor, and potentially reassigned a different funding classification…
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AN-ACC Funding model made simple
The AN-ACC funding model is fundamentally different to ACFI and more complicated in many aspects. Many aged care providers are still struggling to grasp the…
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The new Aged Care funding reforms stipulate designated funding applicable to and determined by the classification of residential care required by the…
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