2018/19 National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Price Guide This Price Guide (Guide) is a summary of NDIS price limits and associated arrangements (price controls) that will apply from 1 July 2018 as set by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA). It is designed to assist participants and disability support providers, both current and prospective, to understand the way that price controls for supports and services work in the NDIS. The NDIA sets price controls for certain NDIS supports to ensure NDIS participants obtain reasonable value from their support packages. The price limits in this Guide are the maximum prices that Registered Providers can charge NDIS participants for specific supports. There is no requirement for providers to charge at the maximum price for a given support or service. Participants and providers are free to negotiate lower prices. Price controls must be sustainable, which means that efficient providers must be able to recover the cost of delivering high quality disability supports. The NDIA takes into account market risks, when setting price controls to protect against supply gaps and ensure participants receive critical supports. This is important especially in markets that are immature or where there is limited choice for participants. Over time, the need for price controls will reduce, as disability support markets develop and competitive tension increasingly keeps support prices at reasonable levels. Not all NDIS support items have price limits, and this NDIS Price Guide is not a comprehensive list of all supports that are available to NDIS participants. Instead, this Guide lists the specific supports that have maximum prices, and also sets out other rules and support definitions that are part of NDIA’ market intervention approach. A complete list of disability supports recognised by the NDIS (Support Catalogue) is maintained on the NDIS website (). Application of Price Controls
2018/19 National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Price Guide This Price Guide (Guide) is a summary of NDIS price limits and associated arrangements (price controls) that will apply from 1 July 2018 as set by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA). It is designed to assist participants and disability support providers, both current and prospective, to understand the way that price controls for supports and services work in the NDIS. The NDIA sets price controls for certain NDIS supports to ensure NDIS participants obtain reasonable value from their support packages. The price limits in this Guide are the maximum prices that Registered Providers can charge NDIS participants for specific supports. There is no requirement for providers to charge at the maximum price for a given support or service. Participants and providers are free to negotiate lower prices. Price controls must be sustainable, which means that efficient providers must be able to recover the cost of delivering high quality disability supports. The NDIA takes into account market risks, when setting price controls to protect against supply gaps and ensure participants receive critical supports. This is important especially in markets that are immature or where there is limited choice for participants. Over time, the need for price controls will reduce, as disability support markets develop and competitive tension increasingly keeps support prices at reasonable levels. Not all NDIS support items have price limits, and this NDIS Price Guide is not a comprehensive list of all supports that are available to NDIS participants. Instead, this Guide lists the specific supports that have maximum prices, and also sets out other rules and support definitions that are part of NDIA’ market intervention approach. A complete list of disability supports recognised by the NDIS (Support Catalogue) is maintained on the NDIS website (). Application of Price Controls
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