This page includes generic information on Approved Care Organisations (ACO).
General information on ACOs
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1 | ACO contacts requesting information in relation to the status of their Approval application, or FTB claim
Tell the ACO their request will be referred on for further investigation and they will be contacted by a staff member within 2 business days to discuss. Escalate the request to the ACO processing team via email. Include the: - Organisation Name:
- Organisation CRN (if known):
- Organisation Authorised Contact Name:
- Organisation Authorised Contact Phone Number:
- Organisation Authorised Contact email:
- Details of the enquiry:
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2 | ACO requests an ACO entitlement report
For ACO Smart Centre Processing - To access the ACO Entitlement Report (ACORPT) screen, in Customer First, key ACORPT in ‘Nxt’
- Enter the relevant date range in the Date From: and Date To: fields
- Select Continue to go to the ACO Entitlement Report Online (ACORPTO) screen
- Key ‘Y’ in the Print Report (Y/N) field
- Key [local printer ID] in the Printer Id: field. Report will be printed locally. Staff must collect the report from the local printer
- Scan the report via the printer and select Email icon on the printer
- Select keyboard icon and enter personal Services Australia email address
- Select OK then select Start. (This will then scan the document and send to Service Officer’s email)
- Report will be emailed to the Service Officer’s personal email as a PDF document
- ACO processing officer can now attach this to the email sent to the ACO. This email is to be sent from the positional mailbox. See the Resources page for a link to the approved email template
- Delete the personal email and place the hard copy in the secure bin to be destroyed.
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