Aged Care
Medicare Australia assumed responsibility for the Aged Care program from the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) on 20 October 2005. Aged Care is one of a wide range of other programs administered by Medicare Australia.
INFORMATION: Did you know you can now lodge selected aged care forms electronically with Medicare Australia using the Aged Care Online Claiming system?
To find out more about the benefits of using the Aged Care Online Claiming system visit Aged Care Online Claiming.
Useful links
- Payment Essentials – Department of Health and Ageing
Payment Essentials is a monthly newsletter designed to keep financial officers within Residential Aged Care Services (RACS) informed of changes to all payment related forms and processes for residential aged care. - ACAT Chat – Department of Health and Ageing
ACAT Chat is a monthly newsletter to keep Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACATs) informed of current policy and program directions and current issues. - Aged Care Association of Australia
- Aged & Community Services Australia
Viability Funding - 1999 ARIA scores for locations
The Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA) provides an indicator of the accessibility of services by locality. This document contains links to the Index as at 1 July 1999.
The Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA) is used to assess the remoteness of the location of a care recipient's home. ARIA is a precise measure of the accessibility of all geographical locations in Australia. It scores and classifies each location into one of five groups: highly accessible, accessible, moderately accessible, remote and very remote.
The rate of viability supplement for Community Care will be based on the Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA) score of the care recipient’s location.
The files below contain alphabetical listings for localities in that State/Territory only. You may download the listings in PDF format:
- ACT ARIA scores [PDF, 35Kb]
- NSW ARIA scores [PDF, 228Kb]
- NT ARIA scores [PDF, 51Kb]
- QLD ARIA scores [PDF, 562Kb]
- SA ARIA scores [PDF, 107Kb]
- TAS ARIA scores [PDF, 63Kb]
- VIC ARIA scores [PDF, 165Kb]
- WA ARIA scores [PDF, 298Kb]
Feedback/enquiries
Aged Care feedback/enquiries allow you to register your feedback or make an enquiry about Aged Care programs, payments or online claiming.
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Last updated: 2 June, 2008