Care Minutes Supplement 065-26031825
Expand allThis document outlines details about the Care Minutes Supplement for residential aged care services.
Overview
From 1 April 2026, the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (DHDA) made changes to the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN ACC) funding model. The changes improve care minute compliance for non-specialised services in Monash Model (MM) areas.
DHDA identified these services are not delivering the mandated number of care minutes and Registered Nurse (RN) minutes for each resident.
The AN ACC Base Care Tariff (BCT) 6 rate will be reduced for these services and the new Care Minutes Supplement will replace the difference in funding. The MM1 BCT funding will change from 0.5 to 0.387 of the National Weighted Activity Unit (NWAU).
The Care Minutes Supplement will be paid on a sliding scale based on the percentage of:
- total care minutes, and
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RN minutes delivered against targets
Note: A service will get more funding the closer they are to meeting their targets
Providers with specialised homeless funding status and those in regional, rural and remote areas (MM 2-7) are not impacted by this change.
Eligibility
The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (DHDA) determine a provider's eligibility for the supplement.
Providers do not need to apply for the supplement.
The Process page contains information about eligibility.
Calculation
From 1 April 2026, the aged care payment system will calculate the Care Minutes Supplement amount based on:
- eligibility and percentage values of total care minutes and Registered Nurse (RN) minutes received from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (DHDA)
- the number of eligible residents for each occupied bed day
- the Care Minutes Supplements matrix table
The Resources page contains a link to the DHDA Care Minutes Supplement for residential aged care.
Related links
Aged Care Staff Portal (ACSP) - Service in Context
Supplements in Aged Care program for service providers