What is NDIS And What is Provider Compliance

The NDIS or the National Disability Insurance Scheme funds people with disability so that they can have more independence in life and access new skills and jobs. In short, the goal is to ensure a better and improved quality of life for them.

Anyone with a disability is also connected to services in the community through the NDIS. These services cover a wide range and include support groups, doctors, libraries, schools, and more. Almost 500,000 Australians with disability are now supported by the NDIS so that they can seamlessly access these services.

Functions of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

One of the key functions of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission as a regulator is tracking compliance and investigating non-compliance. NDIS compliance is ensured through a variety of compliance and enforcement tools to check and prevent breaches of the National Disability Insurance Scheme 2013. This Act provides NDIS with several compliance and enforcement powers such as court-based outcomes, compliance notices, and enforcement powers. NDIS also works closely with other related regulatory bodies.

The enforcement policies and the suite of NDIS compliance as published by the NDIS Commission provide information about their approach to optimize compliance with the statutes of the Act and manage risks to NDIS participants. The specific rules of the NDIS Compliance and Enforcement Policy include:

· Compliance notices

· Infringement notices

· Enforceable undertakings

· Injunctions

· Civil penalties

· Suspension and revocation of registration.

The register of NDIS Compliance and Enforcement actions contains information on compliance activities taken up by the NDIS. This Register is updated periodically.

NDIS Compliance for Providers

Providers delivering support services according to the policies of the NDIS have to operate and follow the relevant Australian laws, rules, and regulations. Not doing so amounts to non-compliance which means going against the NDIS Pricing Arrangements and Pricing Limits and NDIS Price Guides. Not going according to NDIS compliance can start from making a simple mistake to criminal matters such as fraud, accidental or deliberate.

NDIS offers a range of resources to help providers be on the right path as well as provide guidance on:

· Making service agreements

· Maintaining records

· Making claims

Providers are also optimally guided by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission through detailed information on their website so that they can ensure NDIS compliance and do the right thing with regard to the NDIS Practice Standards and the NDIS Code of Conduct. Updates about provider compliance activity are also published on the website.

A key component of NDIS compliance for providers is ensuring that claims for payment made by them are complete and accurate. NDIS reviews all