Home Care Packages (HCP) are one of the ways that older Australians can access care services to get some help at home. They are designed for those with more complex care needs that go beyond what the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) can provide. Brevity has been designed to help you meet compliance in relation to record keeping and reporting requirements for HCP providers. This guide covers the high-level features within Brevity for HCP.
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We are currently integrating with the Aged Care webservice to ensure streamlined reporting and claiming using the new IPA payment requirements Improved Payment Arrangements (IPA) claiming requirements. Home Care Package providers will need to claim for the actual cost of services delivered started from 1 September 2021 |
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Creating a new client funding
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Once you click on the view previous records, Brevity will generate a report that will show you the current and previous HCP funding details.
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Invoicing the Admin & Management fee
You can generate expense records for the Admin & Management fees that can be included within an invoice batch. This screen is available via the client menu.
This allows you to invoice for these at any required interval (weekly, fortnightly or monthly). Once generated these will show as completed expense records on the schedule board for the client. 
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Claiming IPA payments
IPA payments can be claimed currently via a bulk claim file (while our webservice integration in being completed and approved by Services Australia). You can read more on API payment on the following fact sheet Improved Payment Arrangements (IPA) – questions and answers (health.gov.au).
- Ensure you have reported unspent Commonwealth funds to Services Australia: ACPPM03INFO2 (medicareaust.com)
- Report monthly invoice amounts to Services Australia: ACPPM03INFO4 (medicareaust.com)
To generate the bulk claim file you will first need to invoice for the services you will claim for. It is important that the dates of the invoice date are for the first day of the month to the last day of the month as the IPA bulk claim is done as an aggregate amount by client by month. The IPA payment file can be downloaded using the Download Claim File button on the batch.
You can use the file import feature in Aged Care Provider Portal (ACPP) to upload the file instead of individually entering the data.
- Download the Payment Statement from PRODA and upload to Brevity to update the account balances within Brevity: ACPPM03INFO6 (medicareaust.com)
This can be uploaded in Brevity via the Client Funding List (Clients > Client Funding) using the button below on the toolbar..
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Customization of HCP Funding
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