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The following questions have been taken from the Department of Health and Aged Care's Fact Sheet 1.

Steps and considerations to help you prepare - Funding and Business Model: ensuring providers are sustainable in all markets

An indicative model for the new program proposes a mixed funding model for providers with a combination of activity-based payments in arrears and grants.

• Will your organisation be sustainable under the new arrangements with activity-based payments at set prices combined with supplementary grants for some service types and providers in thin markets?
• Review your business against Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) unit price ranges for different services – could your business operate at prices within those ranges, and would it be sustainable?
• Is your business model suitable for the future, are there any changes or adjustments needed?
• Do you need to review your operating structure or model now in preparation and note any risks?
• Are you operating in a thin market?
• If so, would you need supplementary grant funding and how would you explain this in a grant application?
• What level of funding would you need as a supplementary grant, if you received activity-based funding for services delivered at CHSP unit prices?
• If you have access to a pool of funds to use across your clients in addition to client budgets, how would you prioritise its use?