Support at Home readiness.

New enhancements and features to ready your organisation for the transition to Support at Home.

What is changing?
In-home aged care in Australia is changing.

The Support at Home program marks the most major shift in how providers manage care, workforce, and financial sustainability since the introduction of consumer directed care.

For providers, this transition means a rethink and redesign of your operating, pricing, and governance models.  

Lots of this might sound complicated, but we’ve got your back. And we’re already delivering the new features you need to take advantage of the changes that are just around the corner.

Key readiness product features.
To stay ahead.

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Services and pricing builder

Plan and set compliant, profitable price structures well in advance, setting you up for success.

As the Support at Home program takes full effect, our flexible services and pricing UI builder along with CSV export and import functionality makes it easy to build, refine, and upload your pricing structure at scale. Designed to help you define the S@H service types you plan to offer and allocate rates to each one with confidence.

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Transition tools

Analytics
Bulk remapping
Funding transition engine
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Budget

With the shift to Support at Home, financial management will require more granular control and accuracy will be key.

Once you populate your new S@H services and pricing, our budgeting tool including live utilisation tracking enables providers to efficiently plan, track, and optimise client funds, ensuring that no revenue opportunities are lost, and services are delivered effectively without exposing the business to financial losses. The best part? Between now and July 1st, draft budgets allow you to test financial scenarios in a forgiving environment. Gain confidence in your setup before anything goes live.

Coming soon

Claiming

Lookout makes claims management effortless with automated reconciliation and error detection, eliminating manual processes.

Enjoy the flexibility of both monthly and weekly claiming cadences, and confidently stay compliant with seamless data integration. Our proven infrastructure through CSV files ensures smooth claims under S@H, with integration for client contributions via API coming soon.

Coming soon

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Client contributions & statements

Streamline your Support at Home financial workflows from handling invoicing, amount owing, and payment collection.

Easily connect to your existing finance system with export and import templates for Xero, MYOB, and a universal format. Standardised statement template and delivery also help you maintain clear, consistent communication with clients and families.

Coming soon

Care management

Care management comes with tighter audit and invoicing requirements under S@H- but Lookout's activity log streamlines the process.

Each care management episode links to an hourly rate and is tied to a specific client. Then, feeds directly into compliant invoices—no spreadsheets or manual pricing needed. Ready for audit and submission to Services Australia.

Coming soon

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Transition timing path.
The key moments to ready for.

A timeline for Support at Home readiness