HACC Minimum Data Set (MDS) Queensland

 

 

Overview of HACC MDS

 

The Program

The HACC Program provides services such as domestic assistance, personal care as well as professional allied health care and nursing services, in order to support Australians, younger people with a disability and their carers to be more independent at home and in the community and to reduce the potential or inappropriate need for admission to residential care.

Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing website - HACC Program

 

HACC MDS

The HACC MDS is a collection of data about HACC clients (such as their age and living arrangements) and the amount and types of assistance being provided to them through the HACC Program.

Service Providers who receive HACC funding for services delivered to the frail aged, younger people with disability or their carers are required to collect and report data.

Further information on HACC MDS can be found on the HACC Publication webpage:

Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing website - HACC MDS

 

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Objectives of HACC MDS

1. To assist HACC service providers to provide high quality services to their clients by facilitating improvements in the internal management of HACC funded service delivery.
2. To facilitate consistency and comparability between HACC data and other aged community care and health data collections.
3. To provide HACC program managers with a tool to access data required for policy development, strategic planning and performance monitoring against agreed output/outcome criteria.

 

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Publications

HACC MDS Publications contain information about the Home and Community Care (HACC) program, particularly in relation to its clients, their characteristics and the services they received.  The information of HACC services provided in all states and territories is summarised by financial year. Annual Summary statistics from the HACC MDS can be found in HACC MDS Statistical Bulletins. An explanation of the HACC MDS is contained in the first section of the publication. 

• Australian Government HACC MDS Statistical Bulletins

The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing has compiled the MDS Bulletin from state and territory HACC programs to determine the national levels of service care provision, for planning, for policy and for research. 

• Queensland Annual Bulletin
• HACC Program Qld MDS 2004-2005 Annual Bulletin
• HACC Program Qld MDS 2005-2006 Annual Bulletin
• HACC Program Qld MDS 2006-2007 Annual Bulletin
• HACC Program Qld MDS 2007-2008 Annual Bulletin

The Queensland Annual Bulletin is a broad overview of HACC clients and service delivery across Queensland for a financial year.

• HACC Minimum Data Set - What is HACC MDS

This web page provides links to a broad range of HACC Publications including HACC MDS User Guidelines, detailed Agency training materials, Technical documents.

 

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Training Modules

Training Resources are available to increase knowledge of MDS and reporting processes.

• DoHA MDS Agency Publications

HACC MDS Agency Training documents: Developing an Action Plan, Orientation Workbook, and Orientation Workbook – Solutions.  You may download these documents in pdf format from this webpage.

• HACC National MDS version 2 Training Manual 

The HACC National MDS v2 Training Manual developed by the Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE and used in the MDS v2 training workshops across Queensland.

 

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MDS Software

• MDS Software - National Electronic Form v2.4
  A free software to help service providers prepare their MDS data submissions.
• Multiple Installation of NEF on the same machine V0.1

Information to explain how to install NEF more than once on the same computer.  This is usually done for agencies reporting with more than one service provider identification number at a time.

• NEF User Manual

A user manual has been supplied to assist users to navigate through the NEF v2.4
 If you are unable to downloading any of the these files you may email haccmds@health.qov.au to arrange a copy to be sent to you.

 

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Service Providers Resources

 

Service Provider Resources contains useful information to assist service providers and data developers understand requirements for MDS collection and submission and include key contacts and dates for agencies to remember.

• MDS Flyer

Key dates and contact details, reminders for service providers, snapshot of most important information and key dates

• Submission Information

Information for service providers how to successfully submit MDS data to the National Data Repository e.g. Items to check before transmitting the data, data reporting errors to avoid.

1. Collection Schedules

Tabled schedule dates of when data is being collected and period of submission.

1. HACC MDS Technical issues

This link provides information about HACC MDS Data Transmission details, Technical Matters, Software developers and vendors and the National Electronic Form (NEF). 

• Business Summary Rules

The Business Summary Rules provide a summary of business rules that are applied within the various subsystems of HACC MDS version 2.

• Transmission Protocol

The Transmission Protocol provides the data transmission standards for MDS v.2

• Frequently Asked Questions –Listing of frequently asked questions regarding MDS.

 

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Contacts

 

 

HACC MDS Helpline	Phone:       1800 638 427	Email:     mdssupport@haccmds.gov.au
Data Submission	Phone:      1800 638 427	Email:     mdssubmission@haccmds.gov.au
Qld HACC Office	Phone:       07 3405 3723	Email:     qldhaccmds@communities.qld.gov.au