2020/21 Price Guide features applicable by NDIS Support Category

The 2020/21 NDIS Price Guide introduces a number of new requirements for the different types of Services and Supports that providers deliver to participants. Some of these changes are effective immediately i.e. from the 1st of July, 2020, and others are subject to a transition period. 

The following table aims to summarise these new requirements by Support Purpose/Category, linking to the related functionality that is now available in SupportAbility to assist providers in managing these requirements.

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Support Purpose/
Category 		Requirements SupportAbility feature
Core
- Group Supports
  • 'New' Approach for Group Supports
    • Providers have up until the 30th of June, 2021, to transition to this new approach and may continue to use the 'transitional' ratio approach to Group Supports in the interim
    • The Price Guide states that 'A provider must use the same approach (transitional or new) for all the group and centre based supports that they deliver. Once a provider commences to use the new pricing arrangements they may no longer use the transitional pricing arrangements'.
    • N.B. Each of the following features is related to the 'new' approach
      • Programs of Support may be utilised for these Supports
      • The price of a Support must be divided by the number of participants in a group
      • Claim separately for Non-Face-To-Face Support Provision
      • Claim separately for Centre Based Capital Costs (where applicable)
  • The recent inclusion of Activity Based Transport Costs, as well as the new Provider Travel Non-Labour Costs, has introduced the ability for providers to charge for ancillary costs

 'New' approach for Group Services
(available now)

Programs of Support
(available now)

Apportioning the Price of Group Supports
(available now)

Non-Face-To-Face Support Provision
(available now)

Claim separately for Centre Based Capital Costs
(available now, see the New Approach article linked above)

Participant Transport and Provider Travel
(available now) 
Core
- Supported Employment   
  • Providers have 18 months to transition to this new approach
  • Where DMI Supports are required in new Funding records i.e. after the 1st of July, 2020, a new setting is now available in the Client Funding record to allow this
  • Programs of Support may be utilised for these Supports 
  • The price of a Support must be divided by the number of participants in a group
  • Claim separately for Non-Face-To-Face Support Provision
  • Claim separately for Centre Based Capital Costs (where applicable)
  • The recent inclusion of Activity Based Transport Costs, as well as the new Provider Travel Non-Labour Costs, has introduced the ability for providers to charge for ancillary costs
 Supports from previous Price Guide setting
(available now)

Programs of Support
(available now)

Apportioning the Price of Group Supports
(available now) 

Non-Face-To-Face Support Provision
(available now)

Claim separately for Centre Based Capital Costs 
(available now)

Participant Transport and Provider Travel
(available now) 
Core - 
Supported Independent
Living (SIL)
  • Where weekly SIL Supports are required in new Funding records i.e. after the 1st of July, 2020, a new setting is now available in the Client Funding record to allow this
  • Programs of Support may be utilised for these Supports
  • Claim separately for Non-Face-To-Face Support Provision
  • The recent inclusion of Activity Based Transport Costs, as well as the new Provider Travel Non-Labour Costs, has introduced the ability for providers to charge for ancillary costs
 Supports from previous Price Guide setting
(available now)

Programs of Support
(available now)

Non-Face-To-Face Support Provision
(available now)

Participant Transport and Provider Travel
(available now) 
Capacity Building
  • Providers are subject to the new requirements immediately i.e. from the 1st of July, 2020
  • Programs of Support may be utilised for these Supports  
  • The price of a Support must be divided by the number of participants in a group
  • Claim separately for Non-Face-To-Face Support Provision
  • Claim separately for Centre Based Capital Costs (where applicable)
  • The recent inclusion of Activity Based Transport Costs, as well as the new Provider Travel Non-Labour Costs, has introduced the ability for providers to charge for ancillary costs
 Programs of Support
(available now)

Fractions of Price
(available now) 

Non-Face-To-Face Support Provision
(available now)

Claim separately for Centre Based Capital Costs
(available now)

Participant Transport and Provider Travel
(available now) 

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