Aged care and other health businesses are experiencing a wave of reforms leaving many carefully considering their futures – including whether to sell. But how do you get the best sale price with the lowest stress and risk exposure? Here are our top tips.
With significant regulatory and funding changes across the health sector, M&A interest is on the rise. But how do you secure a great growth opportunity and avoid the “lemons”? Here are our top tips.
Proposed changes to NDIS funding have the potential to reshape the NDIS service landscape across Australia, and many providers may need to substantially change their service model to continue receiving NDIS funding.
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Let's bypass the legal lingo and get right to the point. What do contracts actually do in the everyday running of a business? What happens in typical business situations when a contract isn't in place? Are they really worth the money? Find out all of this and more by tuning in to Jessica Kinny’s guest appearance on The Oyster.
Shareholder Agreements are essential when setting up a company with someone else. If that “someone else” is a friend, family member or someone you trust… in some ways, it can be even more important to have a Shareholder Agreement. Click here to find out why a Shareholder Agreement is the best investment you can make in your business venture.
A robust cease and desist letter can be a powerful tool to protect your rights without incurring the cost and inconvenience of litigation. But, you should not send a cease and desist letter without proper legal foundation and it is important to get the content right as the letter may be used as evidence in future legal proceedings (for or against you!).
Dignity of risk has been a recognised an essential part of consumer directed care for some time in the aged care industry, and is now a requirement under Standard 1 of the new Aged Care Quality Standards (the new Standards). This means that, from 1 July 2019, aged care providers must be able to provide that they are providing care and services in a way that facilitates consumer choice, including choices to take risk. But what does this mean for your aged care facility? And how can you facilitate consumer risk taking without exposing your own aged care facility to unwanted risk?
The next decade is shaping up to be an unprecedented period of change for the aged care industry. The aged population is poised to nearly triple by 2050, and as individuals they will likely live longer than ever before. The regulatory environment will have to change to respond to unprecedented need for services. In the medium to long term, the industry will go through an incredible amount of growth and change – not only to keep up with demand and regulatory change, but also to compete against more diverse competitors.
