Official update · document review
AN-ACC price increases to $303.19 from 1 October 2026
On 2 September 2026, the Department announced that the AN-ACC price will increase from $295.64 to $303.19 from 1 October 2026. It estimates average Australian Government funding will increase from $317 to $325 per resident per day. The Department says the change follows IHACPA's 2026–27 pricing advice and includes support for wage decisions and non-labour cost growth. It does not change care minutes requirements, AN-ACC Base Care Tariffs or classification weightings. The hotelling supplement remains $22.15 per resident per day.
Document and workflow checks
Turn the official change into reviewable actions
- Update version-controlled residential funding assumptions for 1 October 2026, retaining the prior and new AN-ACC prices, effective date, official source, and checked date.
- Record that care minutes requirements, AN-ACC Base Care Tariffs and classification weightings do not change and that the hotelling supplement remains $22.15 per resident per day; do not change staffing, classification or fee workflows solely because of this price update.
- Treat $325 per resident per day as the Department's estimated average, not a home-specific forecast or entitlement, and keep this price change separate from wage implementation and GO8512 grant eligibility and evidence.
Who may need to review this
- Residential aged care providers funded under AN-ACC
- Finance, funding, budgeting, and reconciliation teams
- Care-minutes, rostering, classification, workforce, governance, and software owners
Impact areas
- AN-ACC price and funding assumptions from 1 October 2026
- Estimated average funding and provider-specific forecasting boundary
- Care-minutes, Base Care Tariff, and classification-weighting change control
- Hotelling supplement rate and separation from wage and grant workflows
Team review question
Which residential funding assumption, care-minutes record, or change-control owner still needs the 1 October price update and unchanged-rule notes?
Usage boundary
This is a national price update, not a provider-specific payment, resident fee, entitlement, care-minutes determination or staffing instruction, and it does not mean every home will receive the estimated average. The Department says this announcement does not change care minutes requirements, AN-ACC Base Care Tariffs or classification weightings, and the hotelling supplement remains $22.15 per resident per day. CaresLink does not calculate funding, entitlement, staffing, fees, payroll, accounting or compliance outcomes.