Health officials in turmoil over 11th-hour backflip on aged care algorithm override powers, emails reveal
Originally published by The Guardian
Ministers given emergency briefing about changes to algorithm decisions just three days before tool rollout Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast 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. Emails published under freedom of information (FoI) by the d
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