The future and present employment prospects of thousands of Australians are being transformed by the NDIS, figures show. Disability care is taking the crown that once adorned the mining boom.
Even with the NDIS fully rolled out in only two states (NSW and South Australia), more than 14,271 service providers are now approved to deliver disability supports. This is an increase of 64% since 30 June 2017.
Read MoreThere’s a new dawn for disability care in Australia, but the horizon remains unclear for service providers.
The Quality and Safeguarding Framework (QSF) will eventually yield a nationally consistent set of standards governing the procurement and provision of services funded by the NDIS. But it is still a work in progress, with many of its components under review.
Read MoreRegistration to the NDIS has been available since June 2016 to most service providers, who at that time were regulated by their state or territory.
The National Quality and Safeguarding Framework (QSF) was launched in July 2018 to supersede this localised approach in which the NDIA was registrar for applications.
Read MoreThe first phase of findings from the Independent Pricing Review (IPR) have been adopted in the 2018-19 NDIS Price Guide.
The IPR, delivered by McKinsey & Company in February, looked at the pricing strategy for the NDIS and made 25 recommendations – all of which were accepted in principle by the NDIA.
Read MoreA psychologist, a dietician and a social worker walk into a pub…
Well, no. That joke wouldn’t work, according to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Because they are more or less the same thing.
Read MoreThe long-cherished aspiration to have consistent quality in service standards Australia-wide in the disability sector, will soon start to become a reality.
The NDIS is hoping to provide a smooth transition for service-providers when its new Quality and Safeguards Commission (NDIS Commission) rolls out in NSW and SA after July 1.
Read MoreThere are plenty of news stories on people with disability being left out of pocket, anxious and even hospitalised due to the stress of dealing with the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
But the people with a disability are not the only ones suffering - the service-providers endure a bureaucratic nightmare just to get paid, too.
Read MoreAccording to the National Disability Insurance Agency there is expected to be huge growth in the number of NDIS service providers and only the most effective and efficient will be viable. Today there are over 100,000 people with Disabilities on the NDIS and predictions are for over 400,000. There are currently 11,000+ service providers now and the expectation is that there will be a quadrupling of the number of providers, employing some 70,000 staff. Using the same growth factor, massive change is coming.
Read MoreThe change to the NDIS in the disability services provider market within Australia has forced providers to look at their viability and quality standards, and organisations must adapt to a new person-centric business model or perish.
Read MoreWith the release of the McKinsey ‘Independent Pricing Review’ recommendations recently there is now need for even more clarity over pricing and claims. McKinsey & Company stated in their Report that the "recommendations will have a positive impact on provider economics, improving overall industry margins by 2% to 4%, with even higher margin improvements for providers serving participants with complex needs or in rural, remote and very remote areas".
Read MoreOn 5 - 6 March, we attended the NDS QLD Conference to showcase Centro FREE to disability service providers. Pricing is one of the main issues impacting service providers and there was a lot of buzz at the conference with McKinsey & Company announcing the 'Indepdent Pricing Review' just before.
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