Introduction

The HCP basic daily fee is set by the Department of Health and Aged Care and is paid by everyone, with the daily fee determined by the HCP Level.

The maintenance of HCP daily rates are managed through the Daily Rates record grid within the Funding Source profile. Maintenance events will include establishing new records when there is a Daily Rate change or editing an existing Daily Rate, if it has been entered incorrectly.

The daily rate registered to the record must adhere to the rates specific with the HCP Level, refer to additional information.

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Daily Rates

Additional Information

Registering a New Daily Rate

To register a new HCP package level daily rate observe the following steps:

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Mandatory fields

1. Access the Funding Source list either via the Administration menu or through the HCP Package Management dashboard. Refer to the HCP Funding Source Information topic.

2. Highlight and double click the HCP Package level registered within the Funding Source List.

3. Click the icon located above the Daily Rates record grid to display the New Funding Source Daily Rate record form.

4. Within the Increase Date field, input the effective date of the rate increase, this would be based upon information contained within the my aged care website.

5. Within the Daily Rate field, input the new HCP Level rate.

6. Click the SAVE button.

7. Click the CLOSE button to exit back to the HCP Funding record. You will observe the the Daily Rates record grid will have been updated with the record.
   
   
   

   
   Ensure that the Daily Rate field on the funding record is also updated so as to permit correct reporting of the Daily Rate against the HCP Funding Profile, refer to image below. You will need to SAVE the HCP funding profile.

Deleting a Daily Rate

If a Daily rate record has been added in error, it can be removed by clicking on the DELETE icon located to the right of the record.

Edit a Daily Rate

If a Daily rate record has been added and it is observed that either the date or amount are incorrect, double click on the record to display the rate information within the Edit Funding Source Daily Rate record form. Input and SAVE your changes.

Closing the form will reflected the corrections within the Daily Rates record grid. If a change is applicable with the Daily Rate, ensure the Daily Rate field is updated and the HCP funding source record is SAVED.