FOI 26-3075 – Analysis of the number of exemptions granted from the 10-year moratorium

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This FOI release is a single data table and notes from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, extracted on 12 May 2026, on exemptions to the Section 19AB 10-year moratorium on new provider-practice arrangements in aged care. It counts provider-practices granted exemptions, as recorded via RSP 519, while subject to the moratorium (RSP 690). Annual totals were 10,285 exemptions in 2020, 10,352 in 2021, 10,761 in 2022, 10,257 in 2023, 10,685 in 2024 and 10,877 in 2025, with 4,385 in the partial 2026 period. Distinct providers rose from 4,422 to 5,619 over 2020 to 2025. The notes state that RSP 519 does not capture all exemptions and that practice-level matching across providers is not possible. The document contains no clinical, PBS or TGA material.