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# 🚀 Software Release Overview: 16.87.00 🚀

We're pleased to share the system improvements included in this version.  



**NDIS Catalogue Importer - Remote and Very Remote pricing fix** 
Following the release of 16.86.06, we identified an issue where providers in remote and very remote areas were unable to select the correct price region when importing the 2026-27 catalogue. This has been corrected. 


**Support at Home – Budget Balance and Usage Tracking Improvements** 
Budget tracking for Support at Home participants has been significantly updated, bringing the balances in CareMaster into closer alignment with the Aged Care Provider Portal - including usage attributed to other providers or platforms. For a full rundown of changes, [please read our article here](https://support.caremaster.com.au/en-us/articles/support-at-home-budget-balance-improvements-whats-changing-and-why-july-2026-LFjWiBaOuT).  


## Coming soon 


**SCHADS and CSA Award Pay Rate Increases** 
We have a release available from 7th July 2026, which includes the latest pay rates for SCHADS and CSA Awards. Once you are ready for your first full pay run in July, [please submit a ticket via our help centre](https://support.caremaster.com.au/?conversation=l6b9ynlhc7q37pvteyengklh) to request a version update.


**Therapy provider travel & non-face-to-face — transition to _PT/_NF support items** 
From 1 July 2026, the NDIS requires provider travel and non-face-to-face provisioning for therapy supports to be claimed against dedicated _PT/_NF support items (provider travel priced at 50% of the direct service rate, non-face-to-face at the same rate), replacing the previous calculation-based approach for provider travel and the previous same-item approach for non-face-to-face. We are working on this update and will release it soon. Supports dated before 1 July 2026 are unaffected.