NDIS Price Changes
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has released updated Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits, effective 1 July 2025.
Keywords: ndis, price changes, support coordination, recovery coaching, therapy supports, travel claims, plan management, cost model, billing categories, national rate
Key Areas with Price Changes
Support coordination and recovery coaching
Therapy support services
Travel claims for therapy supports
Plan management
CareVision will update NDIS billing categories in your organisation using the NDIS Support ID in the Billing Category's REF4. The old pricing will be archived, and the new pricing will be set as active from 1 July 2025.
1. Support Coordination and Recovery Coaching Price Changes
The Disability Support Worker (DSW) Cost Model Supports have been updated. The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) uses this model to set price limits for services delivered by DSWs, considering wages, leave entitlements, and operational and corporate overheads.
Most Core Supports (Standard & High Intensity), Support Coordination Level 1, and Psychosocial Recovery Coaching will see a price increase of approximately 3.95%.
Level 1: Support Connection and Psychosocial Recovery Coaches will have prices indexed in line with DSW rates, following the updated Cost Model.
2. Therapy Support Price Changes
Several important updates have been introduced for therapy supports:
State-based pricing has been removed. Physiotherapy and psychology services now have a national flat rate, ensuring consistent pricing across Australia.
Psychology services have increased by $10 to a new national rate of $232.99 per hour.
Physiotherapy services have decreased by $10 to a new national rate of $183.99 per hour, which may lower funding for providers in some areas.
Dietetics and podiatry services have each been reduced by $5 per hour, now set at $188.99 per hour nationally.
Therapy services must now be billed in 10-minute increments, allowing for more flexible session lengths and better alignment of claimed time with actual service delivered.
3. Travel Claim Changes for Therapy Supports
Travel reimbursement for therapy support is now capped: Providers can claim for travel time up to 50% of the applicable therapy rate, calculated based on the 10-minute price limit pro-rata. This introduces stricter rules and may reduce travel-related costs.
4. Plan Management Price Changes
Establishment Fee Removed: The one-time setup fee for plan management has been removed, reducing initial funding for new plan management arrangements.
Remote Loadings Removed: Additional charges for providing plan management services in remote and very remote areas will no longer apply, which may affect service availability in those locations.
Next Steps
Review your service agreements to ensure they match the new price limits, billing rules, and travel rates.
Discuss these updates with participants and coordinators so everyone understands any changes to services.
Check your plan management and support coordination agreements, as set-up fees and regional loadings for plan management have been removed.
Related Articles
End-of-Month Billing Process
End-of-month billing involves invoicing clients or their plan managers for services provided. Keeping client information up to date is important to make sure the billing process is accurate and meets all requirements. This documentation guides you ...Sleepover Billing & Payroll
Overview CareVision provides support for scheduling, tracking, billing, and paying sleepover bookings. A sleepover booking is a booking during which the staff member may sleep when they are not working. Key terminology / concepts Sleep Period - The ...How to Process Taxi Vouchers for Home Care Packages vs DEX CHSP Programs
In some cases, additional expenses such as special supplies, purchases, or specific service fees must be added to a client’s billing record. These expenses are documented as manual entries within the billing system. Taxi Vouchers, which are provided ...Track Manual Line Items
What is Manual Line Item When billing a client, there are cases when there's a need to include additional charges. This includes consumables, purchases, and additional service charges that need to be charged to the client in a service booking. That's ...Handling Regional Public Holidays in Billing and Payroll
Overview Currently, Carevision automatically applies Public Holiday rates only for Nationwide Public Holidays. For Regional Public Holidays, an additional step is required to manually create and apply the corresponding rates to bookings that fall on ...