Health officials in turmoil over 11th-hour backflip on aged care algorithm override powers, emails reveal

While assessors had been reassured they would be able to override IAT decisions on aged care funding, the way legislation had been drafted did not make this possible. While assessors had been reassured they would be able to override IAT decisions on aged care funding, the way legislation had been drafted did not make this possible. Aged care Health officials in turmoil over 11th-hour backflip on aged care algorithm override powers, emails reveal Ministers given emergency briefing about changes to algorithm decisions just three days before tool rollout

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Prefer the Guardian on Google Senior department of health officials were in turmoil before the rollout of an algorithm to determine funding packages for older Australians, after discovering legislation had been drafted so rigidly that the tool could not legally be overridden by aged care assessors.