Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Market ReadinessFinal Report, Parliament of Australia, 2018a, pp. 25-29.Return to footnote 1 ↩
National Alliance of Capacity Building Organisations (NACBO), Workforce innovation through self‑managed supports, 2018, pp. 28-43.Return to footnote 2 ↩
Productivity Commission, Advancing Prosperity – 5-year Productivity Inquiry Report, Volume 5, 2023, pp. 75.Return to footnote 3 ↩
National Disability Services (NDS), State of the Disability Sector Report 2022, 2022, pp.11.Return to footnote 4 ↩
National Disability Services (NDS), State of the Disability Sector Report 2022, 2022, pp.21.Return to footnote 5 ↩
Green, C., Malbon, E., Carey, G., Dickinson, H., Reeders, D. (2018), Competition and Collaboration between Service Providers in the NDIS, 2018, pp. 14Return to footnote 9 ↩
Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, NDIS ICT Systems - Final Report, Parliament of Australia, 2018b, pp. 5-6; Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, General issues around the implementation and performance of the NDIS Final Report, Parliament of Australia, 2019, pp. 62-64; Queensland Productivity Commission, The NDIS Market in Queensland, Final Report, 2021 pp. 247.Return to footnote 11 ↩
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), Quarterly report to Disability Reform Ministers for quarter 2 of Year 10 – Full Report, 2023a, pp. 90.Return to footnote 13 ↩
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers – Appendix E Supplement 2022-23 Q2, 2023b, Table E.111; National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), NDIS Quarterly Report to Disability Ministers – Appendix N Supplement 2022-23 Q2, 2023b, Table 26.Return to footnote 14 ↩
Tune, D., Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 - Final Report, 2019, pp. 120-121; National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), Improving Support Coordination for NDIS Participants, 2021a.Return to footnote 26↩
Roberson, A. Independent review of the adequacy of the regulation of the supports and services provided to Ms Ann-Marie Smith, an NDIS participant, who died on April 2020, NDIS Commission (NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission), 2020, pp. 20.Return to footnote 27↩
NDIS Review Analysis, NDIS Quarterly Report (Q2), figure 71: Total payments in Q2 2022–23 by plan management type, December 2022.Return to footnote 28↩
NDIS Review Analysis, NDIS Quarterly Report (Q2),figure 71: Total payments in Q2 2022–23 by plan management type, December 2022.Return to footnote 30 ↩
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), NDIS Pricing Strategy, 2019, pp.5, 9.Return to footnote 31↩
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), Final report – Financial Benchmarking Survey 2021-22, 2022, pp. 9.Return to footnote 34↩
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), Final report – Financial Benchmarking Survey 2021-22, 2022, pp. 9Return to footnote 35↩
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), Disability Support Worker Cost Model Assumptions and Methodology 2021-22, 2021, pp. 4.Return to footnote 36↩
Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) 2023, Understanding the NEP and NEC Determinations 2023–24,pp. 4.Return to footnote 37↩
McKinsey, Independent Pricing Review - Final Report, 2018, pp. 5-6.Return to footnote 39↩
National Disability Services (NDS), State of the Disability Sector Report 2022, 2022, pp.13.Return to footnote 40↩
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), unpublished analysis of NDIA administration data. Transactions are considered to be at or close to the price cap if the price charged is within 95% to 100% of the price cap. Excludes supports delivered to self managed participants and services that are not price controlled.Return to footnote 41↩
For example, the United Kingdom’s (UK) experience in re-introducing price regulation for electricity through a temporary default offer cap led to price compression as the price of the cheapest deals increased, and there was an increase in UK pension fund fees following the introduction of the fee cap.Return to footnote 42↩
Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Inquiry into Market Readiness, Parliament of Australia, 2018, pp. 70.Return to footnote 44↩
Australian Services Union, Submission to the NDIS Review, pp. 22-23; Health Services Union 2023, Submission to the NDIS Review, 2022, pp. 5.Return to footnote 47↩
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), 2021-22 Annual Pricing Review - Final Report, 2021, pp. 121.Return to footnote 48↩
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits 2022-23, 2022.Return to footnote 49↩
NDIS Review analysis of 2021-22 National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) budget data. The support category Capacity Building Daily Activity was used as a proxy for therapy supports.Return to footnote 50↩
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) unpublished analysis of NDIS administration data. Excludes therapy supports delivered to self-managed participants.Return to footnote 51↩
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) unpublished analysis of NDIS administration data. Transactions are considered to be at or close to the price cap if the price charged is within 95% to 100% of the price cap. Excludes therapy supports delivered to self managed participants and services that are not price controlled. Return to footnote 57↩
A survey by the NDIS Commission of audit costs charged to registered NDIS providers by approved quality auditors in November 2022 found the median cost of a verification audit was $935.Return to footnote 58↩
A survey by the NDIS Commission of audit costs charged to registered NDIS providers by approved quality auditors in November 2022 found the median cost of a certification audit was $3,003.Return to footnote 59↩
Submission 235 to the NDIS Review’s Have your Say survey.Return to footnote 60↩
Get Skilled Access 2022, NDIS 2.0 A disability-led plan for the NDIS, pp. 21.Return to footnote 61↩
Productivity Commission, Introducing Competition and Informed User Choice into Human Services: Reforms to Human Services, 2017, Report No. 85, Canberra, pp. 94.Return to footnote 63↩
Get Skilled Access, NDIS 2.0 A disability-led plan for the NDIS, 2022, pp. 21.Return to footnote 66↩
Taylor B, F. R., Fowler T., Financial impact of a capitation matrix system on total knee and total hip arthroplasty, 2009, Arthroplasty Journal 24(5), pp. 783-788.Return to footnote 67↩
Andas, Charlotte & Östberg, Anna-Lena & Berggren, Pontus & Hakeberg, Magnus, A new dental insurance scheme – effects on the treatment provided and costs, 2014, Swedish Dental Journal 38(2), pp. 57-66. Return to footnote 68↩
Brunoni, J. D., T. & Walker, I. & Wood, D. & Coustasse, Alberto 2015, Is Capitation an Effective Tool for Reducing Health Care Costs?, Insights to a Changing World, pp. 85-106.Return to footnote 69↩
Richard Grieve, J. S. S., Teh-wei Hu, Joan R. Bloom 2008, Evaluating Health Care Programs by Combining Cost with Quality of Life Measures: A Case Study Comparing Capitation and Fee for Service, Health Services Research 43(4), pp. 1204-1222. Return to footnote 70↩
Productivity Commission 2017, NDIS Costs - Study report overview, 2017, pp. 33. Return to footnote 71↩
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), NDIS Pricing Strategy, 2019, pp.7.Return to footnote 72↩
Productivity Commission, Aged Care Employment - Study Report, 2022, pp.90.Return to footnote 73↩
Productivity Commission, Efficiency in Health - Commission Research Paper, 2015, pp.59. Return to footnote 74↩
Queensland Productivity Commission, The NDIS Market in Queensland - Final Report, 2021, pp. xix. Return to footnote 75↩