By Australian Psychological Society
In an important advocacy win for psychology and the APS, a 3.9% increase will be applied to psychologists’ NDIS price limits for this financial year.
Effective 1 July 2024, the pricing update reflects new hourly price limits for therapy supports, early childhood supports and specialist behaviour intervention supports provided by psychologists. The price limits for these items have increased by 3.9%.
This increase is consistent with our ongoing advocacy and engagement with the government and the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).
Psychologists are the only therapy supports provider group recommended by the NDIA’s Annual Pricing Review to receive an increase.
Psychologists have an integral role in supporting an estimated 4.4 million people living with disability in Australia, and we’re pleased that our members’ contribution to the NDIS is being supported in this way.
While we are pleased about the positive result for psychology, we acknowledge that other allied health providers have not received the same increase.
What this means for you
The NDIA acknowledged that the previous rates did not reflect market rates for psychologists. The new hourly price limits are:
- $222.99 in NSW/VIC/QLD/ACT (from $214.41)
- $244.22 in WA/SA/TAS/NT (from $234.83)
- $341.91 in remote areas (from $328.76)
- $366.33 in very remote areas (from $352.25)
Next steps
We would like to thank our APS NDIS Working Group members for their expert input and support. Thanks too to APS members who took part in our consultation survey earlier in the year, which has directly shaped our submission to the Annual Pricing Review.
We will continue our advocacy to ensure psychologists’ contribution to the NDIS is properly recognised and that other proposed changes which may arise from the NDIS Review, such as in relation to registration requirements, are fair to psychologists.
This is a powerful example of our advocacy in action and highlights the collaborative impact we can have together, with the APS representing our members as the peak body for psychology in Australia.
Learn more about our NDIS advocacy
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