Examples of Basic Daily Fee in a sentence
If a provider collects a Basic Daily Fee, it is added to the amount of Government subsidy to increase the funds available to the care recipient in their Home Care Package budget.
The Basic Daily Fee and income tested care fee are treated differently.The Basic Daily Fee is a non-mandatory fee which a provider can charge a care recipient.
If a care recipient pays a Basic Daily Fee, the provider will reduce this from the price they report to Services Australia.A care recipient should contribute an income tested care fee if they have been assessed as needing to pay it.
If the provider has not collected a Basic Daily Fee they should not deduct this from the price they report to Service Australia.
Please note, Services Australia refers to the price as the invoice amount.The definition of price is the cost of care and services provided to the care recipient in the claim period, minus any Basic Daily Fee or other care fees charged (not including the income tested care fee).
Basic Daily Fee $56.87 per day plus Means Tested Care Fees (if any) T.B.A plus Compensation Payment Fee (if any) T.B.A minus Hardship Supplement amount (if any) T.B.A plus Remote Area Amount or Unfunded Place Amount T.B.A Total Care Fees Starting daily amount will be: $56.87 per day You may be offered Additional Services in addition to the Specified Care and Services we provide.
Every person in residential aged care is required to pay a Basic Daily Fee, which covers all levels of care and assistance.
Providers must claim from Services Australia:• the cost of care and services deliveredo minus any Basic Daily Fee if chargedo minus any additional care and services fees if charged.• GST is not included in the price.Providers must not deduct the income tested care fee payable from the price claimed.
As such, the Department of Human Services will determine if a resident is required to pay a Means Tested Care Fee in addition to Basic Daily Fee.
Please note, Services Australia refers to the price as the invoice amount.The definition of price is the cost of care and services provided to the care recipient in the claim period, minus any Basic Daily Fee and any additional service fees (if collected).