Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, , 20:00 to 22:02
Senator Ruston seeks clarification on residential aged care pricing advice and previous evidence regarding bulk billing rates.
Topics: Health, Government spending
Speakers: Hon Anne Ruston, Unknown Speaker, Blair Comley, Ellie Whiteaker
Thank you, Senator Renander Raja. Senator Ruston.
Thank you very much. So just to tidy up a few bits and pieces from yesterday. Yesterday afternoon in giving evidence, I asked a question of Professor Pervan. Where I asked is it correct that home level administration costs a split 50-50 between accommodation and everyday living with nothing allocated to care. And Professor Pervan said that was not correct. I just noted on page 18 of the residential secondary residential age care pricing advice for 2627 in the technical specifications on page 18. It quite clearly states that the care component of administration costs at the home level is not covered. And I just wondered whether you'd like the opportunity to correct the record on that.
So no, we'll take that on notice. We've moved on from that outcome, but we also want to check what we've done.
Yeah, no, as I said, I was just tidying up on some things that were left over from yesterday. The other thing was yesterday morning when we were doing some of the corporate matters, you sought for me to take to reprosecute a couple of issues in section.
Oh, yes, the contracts, yes.
Yeah, the contracts. You subsequently provided me with the information during the day to answer one of the questions that we'd asked in in relation to bulk billing rates. But the other one was around the tender and in relation to stem cell.
Yeah, we can answer that now.
That's okay now?