This checklist is designed to help health providers check whether they are at risk and what they should do to bolster their risk and compliance strategies.
Jessica Kinny has been recognised for the fifth consecutive year by The Best Lawyers in Australia in the Health and Aged Care Law, and Retirement Villages and Senior Living Law categories.
Jessica Kinny has been recognised by peer review in Doyle's Guide to Leading Health & Aged Care Lawyers– New South Wales, 2023
Jessica Kinny receives two awards in the 2024 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia.
An NDIS service provider was recently fined $1.8 million and ordered to pay the NDIS Commission’s legal costs, following serious breaches of NDIS laws.
The case follows the tragic death of an NDIS participant in 2022 due to complications associated with burns she suffered while receiving personal care supports from the provider. It is only the second civil case brought by the Commission against a provider since 2016.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 was introduced into Federal Parliament on 27 March 2024 and marks the first of the foreshadowed changes to the NDIS laws following the NDIS Royal Commission Final Report. The Bill proposes several changes to (amongst other matters) participant funding which could have big impacts on NDIS provider cash flows and debt risk management.
Navigating the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) can be challenging for service providers, who often encounter payment issues when the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) refuses payment for various reasons. A recent decision by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal of Australia (AATA) sheds light on key issues facing NDIS providers and raises concerns about their ability to recover debts.
Complaints are unpleasant, but can happen. If your organisation receives a complaint it must manage that complaint in a way that meets the complex and comprehensive statutory requirements of the NDIS legislation. There are also additional steps that ought to be taken from risk management, continuous improvement, and reputation perspective. So, what should you do when a complaint is made about your service? This article discusses the key steps.
Aged care providers have been granted a statutory grace period in relation to certain registered provider requirements – allowing them to provide services that could otherwise only be provided by registered NDIS providers. This grace period was scheduled to end on 30 June 2020 but has been recently extended to 30 November 2020. So, what does this mean for your organisation?
