As ACCC merger reform collides with a shifting transfer system, saving an aged care home could soon cost operators months in delays and hundreds of thousands in filing fees before a single resident moves.

Two big obstacles have been added to helping a struggling aged care operator.

The transfer limbo which froze aged care transactions between mid-August and 1 November, as responsibility shifted from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC), continues.

And under Australia’s new Australian Competition and Consumer Commiss