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Accounting for CDC and Financial Benchmarking for Improved Financial Performance - Grant Corderoy - Senior Partner
Accounting for CDC and Financial
Benchmarking for Improved Financial
Performance
Grant Corderoy – Senior Partner
Accounting for CDC and Financial Benchmarking for Improved Financial Performance - Grant Corderoy - Senior Partner
Workshop Outline
   Overview of industry sector trends
   Benchmark basics
   Differentiating factors
   Selecting targets for improvement
   Interpreting the numbers
   Budgets and forecasts
   Changes in focus as a result of reforms

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Industry update
Accounting for CDC and Financial Benchmarking for Improved Financial Performance - Grant Corderoy - Senior Partner
Setting the scene
Ageing population
Changing needs and expectations of those
 entering care
Increased emphasis on home care
Government reforms including
  Greater emphasis on user pays
  Increased levels of wealth

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Ageing population

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The aged care system
Proportion of people 70+ and 85+ accessing aged care at 30 June 2014

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Residential Aged Care

Proportion of each age group in residential aged care at 30 June 2014

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Increasing numbers with dementia

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Changing Acuity and Funding
          Comparisons of Care Income and Wages and various indices
80.0%

70.0%

60.0%

50.0%

40.0%

30.0%

20.0%

10.0%

 0.0%
         2007     2008      2009      2010   2011      2012     2013        2014     2015      2016
        Care income      Care Wages    CPI   Subsidy rates ‐ COPE      Subsidy rates (incuding CAP)

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Accounting for CDC and Financial Benchmarking for Improved Financial Performance - Grant Corderoy - Senior Partner
Changing face of the consumer

  Residents & clients of recent times           Residents & clients tomorrow

• Grateful to receive a bed or package      • Attuned to choice, options and
• War, depression or struggle                 decision making processes
  mentality                                 • Low or no brand loyalty
• Low expectations & requirements           • High expectations and needs
• Old world value sets eg thrift,           • Multi‐cultural focus and acceptance
  honesty                                   • World views, world travel
• Doctors, specialists, nurses and allied   • Rights and responsibilities oriented
  health professionals seen as "having      • Independent, self managing people
  authority"
                                            • Accumulating wealth/investments
• Generally unquestioning,                    versus increasingly disadvantaged
  "government pays"
                                            • Increasing number of people with
• Limited number with tertiary                tertiary qualifications, careers etc
  qualifications
• Not as asset rich as baby boomers

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Increasing emphasis on home care
                                                                  Increase in Provisional Ratio to 2021/22
                                                                  Resi ‐ High Care   Resi ‐ Low Care   Resi Total     Home Care
                                                            140
Provision Ratio (per 1,000 people aged 70 years and over)

                                                            120

                                                            100                          25                                       45
                                                                      20                                    27

                                                             80

                                                                      48                 44
                                                             60

                                                             40                                             86
                                                                                                                                  80

                                                             20       40                 44

                                                             0
                                                                     2004               2007               2014                 2021

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Where are we now?

We are in a time of significant
  change
Many challenges ahead
We are at a point in time where
  innovators will prosper
Technology is emerging and will
  assist in transition process
A time of high investment
A time of growing consumer
  choice

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What are the current tends?
ILUs being targeted for care services
Continued shift to high care needs and shorter
 resident stays
Optional services in residential care
New staffing models (including using home care
 as the central provider of care to other business
 units)

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What are the current tends?
Alternate models of care
Providing more choice to consumers through
 accommodation styles, care models and service
 levels
More competition from private providers and
 larger not‐for‐profit providers

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What are the current tends?
More competition in home care market likely
 from outside traditional players
Further consolidation in market is likely
Formation of partnerships and alliances will
 continue
Integration of traditional business units (ILUs,
 Residential Care, Home Care)

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Financial Trends
Home Care Ownership
                                            Home Care ‐ Ownership By State
                               100%
                               90%
Proportion of Total Packages

                               80%
                               70%
                               60%
                               50%
                               40%
                               30%
                               20%
                               10%
                                0%
                                      ACT    NSW    NT   QLD    SA   TAS    VIC      WA     National
Private                               18%    10%   21%   10%   5%    12%     6%      20%      10%
NFP                                   82%    85%   52%   86%   87%   84%    74%      73%      81%
Government                            0%     5%    27%   3%    8%    4%     20%      7%        9%

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Residential Care Ownership
                                   Ownership of Residential Aged Care By State
                       100%

                           90%

                           80%
Industry Ownership Share

                           70%

                           60%

                           50%

                           40%

                           30%

                           20%

                           10%

                           0%    ACT   NSW   NT    QLD   SA    TAS    VIC      WA      National
   Private Sector                28%   33%   20%   34%   30%   8%     52%      36%       37%
   Not For Profit                72%   64%   73%   61%   60%   89%    36%      58%       56%
   Government                    0%     3%   7%    5%    10%   3%     12%      6%        6%

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Home Care Participants ‐ State Distribution
StewartBrown Survey Distribution of residential aged care
facilities by State ‐ Proportion of total facilities in each State

         Total                               22%

          WA                                 22%

          VIC         6%

          TAS                                25%

      SA & NT                         20%

          QLD                   16%

   NSW & ACT                                                        38%
                 0%        5%   10%    15%    20%   25%       30%         35%    40%

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Home Care ‐ Profitability
                                                     Survey Results by Band (EBIT)
                                   $45

                                   $40
DOLLARS PER CLIENT PER DAY

                                   $35

                                   $30

                                   $25

                                   $20

                                   $15

                                   $10

                                    $5

                                    $‐
                                            Band 1          Band 2        Band 3               Band 4
                             Average         $0.47           $3.08        $10.59               $25.45
                             Top Quartile    $8.76          $13.32        $28.82               $40.45

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Home Care ‐ Occupancy
               Package Utilisation
                                                             92%
Band 4                                                     89%

                                                  80%
Band 3                                                84%

                                               77%
Band 2                                        76%

                                                  81%
Band 1                                               83%

         20%         40%           60%        80%                100%
                  Top Quartile   Average

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Home Care ‐ Unspent Funds
                 Revenue Utilisation
                                                                90%
                                                          89%

                                      84%
84%              84%
                       82%

                                            80%
      79%

 Band 1           Band 2               Band 3               Band 4
                       Average   Top Quartile

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Home Care ‐ Margins
               Margins on Direct Service Income
    60.0%

    50.0%

    40.0%

    30.0%

    20.0%

    10.0%

     0.0%

   (10.0%)
               Band 1      Band 2       Band 3               Band 4
Average        (3.3%)      25.4%        16.2%                36.7%
Top Quartile    5.5%       31.7%        22.9%                54.0%

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Overall Margin
                    EBIT as % of Revenue
    35.0%

    30.0%

    25.0%

    20.0%

    15.0%

    10.0%

     5.0%

     0.0%
               Band 1       Band 2   Band 3               Band 4
Average         1.3%         5.8%    11.1%                17.3%
Top Quartile   24.0%        24.0%    28.5%                28.8%

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Are clients receiving more hours?
                                                                 Wage Hours per client per week
                                   14
HOURS WORKED PER CLIENT PER WEEK

                                   12

                                   10

                                   8

                                   6

                                   4

                                   2

                                   0
                                           Level 2     Level 2     Level 2                      Level 4     Level 4    Level 4
                                                                             Level 2 Total                                       Level 4 Total
                                        Direct Hours   Coord.      Admin.                    Direct Hours   Coord.     Admin.
                             Jun‐15        3.67         0.72        0.35         4.74           8.88         1.31       1.36        11.55
                             Dec‐15        4.03         0.82        0.57         5.42           10.00        1.28       1.75        13.03

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Accounting For CDC in Home Care
         Some Lessons
Why the back‐office upheaval?
Has required service providers to implement
 business model reforms to adapt to changes in
 funding arrangements
  Reporting is now required at a client or package
   level
  Prices for individual services have to be itemised
   on the client statement
  Payroll and rostering systems ideally should be
   linked to client management systems
  Income recognition timing has now changed
  Individual client budget and care plans

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Getting it Right

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The Basics
Develop an appropriate business model for
 delivering CDC
  What services do the clients want?
  What services are to be provided directly?
  What services are to be brokered?
  How will clients be charged?
  How will overheads be recovered
The underlying systems must be aligned with
 the overall business model

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Setting a Selling Price
Method 1 – Establish
your competitor’s
pricing structures and
then charge the same
or less

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Setting a Selling Price
Method 2 ‐ Base price on Cost to Deliver Service
Establish the costs of providing a service
Set an appropriate margin
Assess price against competition
If uncompetitive ‐ look at ways of reducing
 costs
Explore alternative methods of service
 delivery (brokerage)

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Building a Cost Model
Step 1 – Define the Activities of Service

Step 2 – Establish the costs of providing a
service

Step 3 ‐ Understand the relationship between
each contributing cost and the activity of service
including the variables associated with the
activity of service

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Example of Activities of Service

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Examples of Activities of Service

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Categorising Costs
Direct cost – can be accurately attributable to a
service or cost centre with little effort
Indirect cost – cannot be accurately attributable
to an individual service – typically apportioned
between services or cost centres

Fixed costs – little variation in level of cost
according to volume of activity
Variable costs – respond directly and
proportionately to changes in activity levels

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Implications of Indirect/Fixed costs
These costs are generally apportioned in
 some way
Must establish an appropriate method of
 recovering these costs
Ability to recover these costs will be affected
 by movements in utilisation and changes in
 margins

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Building blocks of Unit Costs

                                  Total unit
                                  cost of
                Variable cost     activity of
                elements          service
Base cost
elements

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A Quick Recap
Defined activities of service
Identified cost elements
Established unit costs and selling price of each
 activity of service
Determined method of recovering
 coordination and case management
Determined method of recovery of
 administration costs

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Income Recognition
When funding is received (from government
 of client) it represents an advanced
 commitment on the performance of the
 services
The provider initially has an unfulfilled
 obligation to deliver the related service to the
 individual consumer
The provider will recognise a liability in the
 form of deferred revenue representing the
 unspent funds

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Income Recognition
Revenue is subsequently recognised when the
 services are delivered to the client in the
 manner specified in the home care agreement
At this point the provider has satisfied their
 obligations
Any unspent funds will continue to be
 recognised as a liability until the point that the
 obligations of the provider are satisfied

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Income Recognition
Now
  Upon departing a package, unspent funds will be
   recognised as income as long as it is clear that the
   provider has no further obligations to the client
Post 27 February 2017
  Any unspent funds accumulated since 1 July 2015 will
   need to be either sent to new provider if the
   consumer decides to move to another provider; OR
  Returned to the consumer and government in the
   proportion that contributions were made to the
   package

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Returning unspent funds
 Provider is responsible for calculation of
  apportionment
 Provider can charge a one‐off administration fee
  against the unspent funds but this amount will
  need to be disclosed in the care agreement when
  the consumer is enrolled in a package
 Implications
  Systems will need to be able apportion the unspent
   funds between government and consumer
  Imperative that unspent funds are minimised over the
   course of the package

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Systems
Providers must invest in systems to survive
Must drive efficiency, reduce admin burden and
 duplication of data
There are a number of specialist software
 packages (However there needs to be integration
 with existing systems
For many smaller providers a band aid approach
 using spreadsheets is common practice
Which system is to be used for certain tasks?
  Payments to creditors
  Time and attendance
  Client billing

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Monitoring Performance
Performance should be monitored at various
levels
Organisation
Program
Package
Activity

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Organisation or Program Level
                                                                                  MONTH
                                                                         Actual       Budget      Variance
        Key Indicators
        No. of Packages/ Outputs                                         1,000          1,000
        Total Package Days/ Output Hours Achieved                         800            900          (100)
                                                    %                     89%            90%           11%
        Client Care : Revenue                       %                     84%            70%
        Other Client Care : Revenue                 %                     30%            18%
        Operating Costs : Revenue                   %                     5%              4%
        Admin Costs : Revenue                       %                     36%            27%
        Operating Result : Revenue                  %                    ‐25%            ‐1%
                                                        Client Day       Actual        Budget     Variance
                                                             $             $               $         $
        OPERATING
        Income
          Income from clients                                                800         1,000           (200)
          Government funding                                              10,000        10,000            ‐
          Other Income                                                        50                           50
        Total operating income                                ‐           10,850        11,000           (150)

        Expenditure
        Client Care
           Total Wages Direct                                              4,850         5,200            350
           Total Non‐Direct Wages                                          1,000           500           (500)
           Total Other Client Care                                         3,250         2,000         (1,250)
        Client care expenditure                               ‐            9,100         7,700         (1,400)

        Operating Costs ‐ Non Client
         Catering                                                             40            30            (10)
         Cleaning (non client service)                                        50            50            ‐
         Property & Maintenance                                              150           200             50
         Utilities                                                           200           125            (75)
         Office equipment maintenance                                         10            10            ‐
         Other operating costs                                                77            42            (35)
        Operating costs                                       ‐              527           457            (70)

        Administration & Management Costs
          Labour costs                                                     1,200           520           (680)
          Other Administration & Support                                     515           405           (110)
          Depreciation non‐building                                          270           270            ‐
          Recharge ‐ functional support                                    1,200         1,000           (200)
          Recharge ‐ corporate                                               750           750            ‐
        Administration costs                                  ‐            3,935         2,945           (990)

        Total expenditure                                     ‐           13,562        11,102         (2,460)

        TOTAL RESULT                                    $     ‐      $     (2,712) $        (102) $    (2,610)
        Funding Variance                                                         ‐             ‐            ‐
        Utilisation Variance                                               (2,000)       (1,000)       (1,000)
        FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE                                              (4,712)       (1,102)       (3,610)
                                                                            ‐43.4%        ‐10.0%

        Output Realisation Rate                                            80.0%         90.0%
        Equivalent Funding Realisation Value                               8,000         9,000          1,000

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Package Level
There should be procedures in place to monitor
packages for
Unspent funds
Revenue collection
Client satisfaction

 These are largely going to be the responsibility
   of the Case Manager or Care Coordinator

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Activity Level
It is important to understand which activities
 are profitable and which activities are not
 profitable
This can only be achieved by monitoring
 performance at an activity level
  Are costs being recovered?
  Are there room for efficiency gains?
  Should brokering service be considered?

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Monitoring Costs
• If we were manufacturing widgets we would
  monitor actual costs against standard costs
  and the system would collect the necessary
  information to do so
• Why would the costs of providing a service be
  any different?

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Benchmark Basics
Why benchmark?

 To compare your financial performance with other
  organisations and facilities to achieve best practice
 To improve operating performance
 To review and monitor cost centres and financial ratios
 Manage financial performance accountability
 Prioritise improvement opportunities

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General methodology ‐ Internal process
Select the object of the benchmarking
Identify benchmark reference points
Collect and organise data internally
Identify the competitive gap by comparing against
 external data
Set future performance targets
Develop action plans
Take action
Monitor progress

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Benchmark methodology
• Need to ensure a consistent data set
   o Standardised set of definitions for each item being benchmarked
   o Consistent chart of accounts
• Data collection
   o Timely, accurate and abnormal variations identified
• Data set
   o Statistical size large enough to be relevant
   o Revenue and expense to be broken down by category
• Common denominator used
   o Dollars per bed day / client day
   o Hours per resident per day / client day
• Trends
   o Benchmarking should be regular and shown over different financial
     periods

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Drivers of success – Differentiating factors

• Major influences
   Competency of management
   Accuracy, timeliness and availability of information
   Ability to set measurable goals and monitor
    performance against goals

• Other influences
   Geographic location
   Volume of service delivery
   Location of service
   Nature of organisation

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Comparing data
Data needs to be:
  o Accurate
  o Timely
  o Free of abnormal variations

Data set should have a statistical size large
 enough to be representative

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Comparing data
How do we compare different organisations
 with different characteristics?

Use a common denominator
  o Dollars per client per day
  o Dollars per package per annum
  o Hours per client per day

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Comparing data
What is the benchmark?
  o Single organisation?
  o Group of organisations (average)
  o Cherry pick by line item?
  o How high do you aim?

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Identifying the gap
It is important to be able to ascertain why one
 organisation is different to another

What is the cost or income differential
 attributable to that difference

Identify areas for improvement

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How to use benchmark data
• Financial Management
  Incorporate in monthly management reporting
  Investigate and analyse variances to benchmark
  Assist in budget and forecasting process
• Key Performance indicators
  Board ‐ compare financial performance with other
   organisations
  Ensure targets are aligned with short, medium and
   long‐term strategic objectives
  Management accountability
  Ensure targets are attainable

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How to use benchmark data
• Team Focus
  Benchmark results should be disseminated within
   appropriate levels within the organisation
  Accountability for performance compared to
   benchmark
  Collective responsibility
  Prioritise specific areas to focus on

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Achieving targets
Put strategies in place to improve
 performance in areas identified as having gaps
 to benchmarks
  o Prioritise areas of focus

Implement those action plans
  o There needs to be a collective responsibility for
    taking action

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Monitor progress
o Benchmarking should be a continuous process
o Incorporate benchmarks into monthly
  management reports
o Managers are accountable for attaining
  financial targets
o Provide management with the necessary tools
  to assist

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Analysing the Data
Income ‐ service delivery
Income ‐ administration recoupment
Care costs
Domestic services
Other services
EBITDA
Wages as a percentage of care income
Per client day
Percentage

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Data dissection
• Revenue and expense allocations
• Grouped by revenue bands
• Within bands:
   –   Survey average
   –   Average of 2nd 25%
   –   Average of top 50%
   –   25th percentile
   –   Median
• Filtering the data:
   –   Size
   –   Geography
   –   State
   –   City, Rural and remote
   –   Brokerage

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Benchmarks
When we refer to a Benchmark this is the
 average of the top 25% of Bands sorted by
 result

We sort data in various ways but generally we
 sort them into Bands based on their care
 income

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Budget v forecast
 Budgets are generally out of date before the
  year starts
 A great deal of effort is put into establishing
  them
 A great deal of effort is spent explaining
  variances
 Forecasts are looking at what is happening
  now and are more forward looking
 Use targets and KPIs to monitor performance

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Reforms and a New Focus
Reforms ‐ Short Term
Financing reforms
Consumer choice
Sustainability
Aged care review
???

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Timeline of aged care reforms

                           ACFA Report on the Funding and Financing of the Aged
                           Care Sector ‐ 2015

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Aged Care Roadmap
How do consumers prepare and engage with
 their aged care?
How are eligibility and care needs assessed?
How are consumers with different care needs
 assessed?
How do we make dementia care core
 business throughout the system?

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Aged Care Roadmap
What care is available?
Who provides care?
Who pays?
How will the informal and formal workforce
 be supported?
How will quality be achieved?

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The Aged Care Roadmap

Year 2016 to 2017
• Review of aged care
  reforms to include a
  review of the means
  test arrangements,
  accommodation
  pricing and bond
  guarantee scheme
• Review of ACFI

 2016‐
  17

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The Aged Care Roadmap

Year 2016 to 2017       Year 2018
• Review of aged care   • Integration of CHSP
  reforms.                and HCP
• Means test            • New legislative
  arrangements,           framework to support
  accommodation           care at home changes
  pricing and bond
  guarantee scheme
• Review of ACFI

                                                     2016
                                                      to
 2016‐                                               2018
  17

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The Aged Care Roadmap
        The Aged Care Roadmap
Year 2016 to 2017       Year 2018                Year 2018 to 2021
• Review of aged care   • Integration of CHSP    • New regime of
  reforms.                and HCP                  registered providers
• Means test            • New legislative        • New financial products
  arrangements,           framework to support     to assist consumers in
  accommodation           care at home changes     their choices
  pricing and bond                               • Replacement or
  guarantee scheme                                 reform of Bond
• Review of ACFI                                   Guarantee scheme
                                                 • Integrate fee
                                                   arrangements for HCP
                                                   and CHSP

                         2018t
                           o
                         2021                                                   2016
                                                                                 to
 2016‐                                                                          2018
  17

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The Aged Care Roadmap
        The Aged Care Roadmap
Year 2016 to 2017       Year 2018                Year 2018 to 2021          Year 2021 to 2023
• Review of aged care   • Integration of CHSP    • New regime of            • Means test all income
  reforms.                and HCP                  registered providers       and assets
• Means test            • New legislative        • New financial products   • Re‐calibrate consumer
  arrangements,           framework to support     to assist consumers in     contributions based
  accommodation           care at home changes     their choices              on ability to pay
  pricing and bond                               • Replacement or           • Safety net to ensure
  guarantee scheme                                 reform of Bond             access for those with
• Review of ACFI                                   Guarantee scheme           low means
                                                 • Integrate fee            • Align subsidies for
                                                   arrangements for HCP       care and support
                                                   and CHSP                   across home care and
                                                                              residential care

                                                                   2021
                                                                    to
                         2018t                                     2023
                           o
                         2021                                                                         2016
                                                                                                       to
 2016‐                                                                                                2018
  17

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The Aged Care Roadmap
        The Aged Care Roadmap
Year 2016 to 2017       Year 2018                    Year 2018 to 2021          Year 2021 to 2023          Final destination
• Review of aged care   • Integration of CHSP        • New regime of            • Means test all income    • Mutual recognition of
  reforms.                and HCP                      registered providers       and assets                 providers in different
• Means test            • New legislative            • New financial products   • Re‐calibrate consumer      systems based on
  arrangements,           framework to support         to assist consumers in     contributions based        scope of practice
  accommodation           care at home changes         their choices              on ability to pay        • Consumers will be
  pricing and bond                                   • Replacement or           • Safety net to ensure       responsible for their
  guarantee scheme                                     reform of Bond             access for those with      accommodation and
• Review of ACFI                                       Guarantee scheme           low means                  everyday living costs
                                                     • Integrate fee            • Align subsidies for      • Government will not
                                                       arrangements for HCP       care and support           regulate prices for
                                                       and CHSP                   across home care and       accommodation and
                                                                                  residential care           everyday living costs
                                                                                                           • Providers will publish
                                                                                                             their prices for care
                                                                       2021                                  and support
                                            Future
                                                                        to                                   (residential or in the
                         2018t                                         2023                                  home)
                           o
                         2021                                                                             2016
                                                                                                           to
 2016‐                                                                                                    2018
  17

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Are we there yet?

The short answer is no

There is a long way to go

Many providers are
 spinning their wheels

Lessons from CDC in
 home care need to be
 applied to residential
 care

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Recap ‐ In 7 to 9 years
More consumer choice in residential care
Providers will need to publish prices for care
 and everyday living services (residential and
 home care)
Single funding instrument based on assessed
 needs (across home care and residential care)
Likely to be an independent assessor
Market likely to be deregulated from a pricing
 point of view

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Reforms to come
Known Reforms
Deregulation in Home Care Program (HCP)
  February 2017
Aged Care five year review (2016/17)
Integration of Commonwealth Home Support
  Program (CHSP) July 2018
Unspent funds to be returned to government
  (subsidy portion) and client (contribution
  portion)

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Reforms to come
Probable Reforms
New funding instrument (continuum across
  aged care)
Independent assessment of funding
  instrument
Deregulation of residential care places
Consumer directed care in residential care
Furtherance of user‐pay through expansion of
  optional services

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Responding to Reforms
The New Aged Provider
Will be market/consumer driven
Will need to be flexible and adapt to a
 changing market
Will need to target its consumers
Will need to be efficient
Capital should be put to work
Will need to have a greater business focus
Will need to make a profit

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Marketing
 Establish what your market is
 Find out what your customers want
 Establish a point of difference
 Promote your brand
 Establish what the best marketing strategy is
  for your business based on your target market
 Provide the services that your customers
  want

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Think outside the square

Be innovative
Be courageous
Look at different ways to gain
 economies of scale
Establish what your core
 business is and then do that
 well
Organically grow your business
 based on the reputation gained

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Understand your costs
 Needs to be at a granular level
 Will assist in monitoring performance
 Assists in keeping people accountable
 Will be necessary to set selling prices
 Benchmark

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Residential Care ‐ The Performance Gap
                                                           Average Care Result ‐ By Band
                                        $50
DOLLARS PER RESIDENT PER DAY

                                        $40

                                        $30

                                        $20

                                        $10

                                         $‐

                                       $(10)

                                       $(20)

                                       $(30)
                                                 Band 1        Band 2    Band 3    Band 4       Band 5     All Facilities
                               Top Quartile       39.38         37.17     40.20     46.27        34.02        39.31
                               Top 50%            27.18         26.61     27.04     32.67        24.05        27.33
                               Survey Average     10.73         10.05     10.29     10.76        10.39        10.43
                               Bottom 50%         (7.01)        (6.19)    (6.27)   (10.02)       (3.25)       (6.61)
                               Bottom 75%          0.93          1.00      2.09     (0.15)        5.01         1.33
                               Bottom Quartile   (18.14)       (17.99)   (17.97)   (20.98)      (18.61)      (18.63)

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Residential Care ‐ Occupancy: Top quartile v the rest

                                     OCCUPANCY
                                      Bottom 75%    Top 25%
            96.9%

                                                                                                96.5%
                                            96.3%

                                                            96.2%
                            96.1%

                                                                            95.7%
                                    95.4%

                                                    95.0%

                                                                                        94.7%
                    94.6%
    94.6%

                                                                    94.2%
   BAND 1           BAND 2          BAND 3          BAND 4          BAND 5          ALL FACILITIES

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Sourcing additional income
                                  Accommodation
Government regulation                 income
Allows providers greater
scope to increase income
from accommodation and                                 Optional
optional services                                      Services
                  Traditional Income
                        sources

                        Highly           Significant       As yet
                      regulated        scope to test    significantly
                                        the market     under‐utilised

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