S05E07 - NDIS Pricing Bombshell: What It Means for OTs & Practice Owners

NDIS Pricing Bombshell: What It Means for OTs, Physios & Practice Owners

Hold onto your spreadsheets — this week, the NDIS Annual Pricing Review has dropped, and the ripples are real. In this two-part episode, Sarah, Nikki, and Alyce break down what the new pricing changes mean for OTs, physios, and allied health practice owners.

From the calm-before-the-storm long weekend catch-up to Nikki rage-reading all 134 pages of the review (with help from her 9-year-old), this episode is part therapy, part strategy — and absolutely essential listening.

🔻 Will physios really lose $10/hour?
🔻 What’s the deal with 50% travel billing?
🔻 Why was everyone blindsided?
🔻 What can you actually do right now?

PLUS: The team also dives deep into EOFY planning, with real talk on tax mistakes, accountant breakups and cashflow hacks.

What You’ll Learn

  • The key takeaways from the 2024–25 NDIS Pricing Review

  • Why the OT rate stayed the same — and what’s happening to physio & dietetics

  • How to handle the new 50% travel model

  • What the Price Guide still hasn’t told us (yet)

  • Why now’s the time to assess your caseload and cashflow

  • The difference between a P&L and balance sheet (and which one actually matters to you)

  • When it’s time to upgrade your accountant — and how to tell

    NDIS Annual Pricing Review Summary