What will Propel OT bill for:
Propel OT bill for the time our staff spend providing each service. Some examples are outlined below:
General
Propel OT will not bill for any contact visits or information provided before you sign.
Propel OT will bill for attending meetings or appointments for the participant, we charge for each person and their travel time.
Face-to-face Services:
Other meetings and correspondence:
Propel OT will bill when we need to meet with, talk to or write to others about the capacity building of the Participant, this could include time spent (any task that takes more than 6 minutes will be invoiced):
Meeting with other members of the Participant's support team and employers,
Writing to or for the family or employer,
Sharing case notes or reports with external professionals,
Talking with those involved in an Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP),
Propel OT will not charge for our administrative team meetings.
Reports, research and resources:
Propel OT will charge for other capacity building work we do for the Participant outside of appointments, such as preparing reports and doing research.
Propel OT will charge for producing resources.
Propel OT reserves the right to NOT provide service or to cancel any future appointments for the Client if you do not have sufficient funds in your Plan or the Plan expires. Any service fees not met by NDIS will be covered by the Client/Client Representative.
Price and Payment Information:
The hourly rate is in accordance with the conditions stated in the NDIS Pricing Arrangement. The hourly rate, travel rates and guidelines for services included (including cancellation policy) will be subject to change, in accordance to changes to the NDIS Pricing Arrangement. The fees are:
Very Remote Occupational Therapy: $290.99 per hour plus $290.99 per hour for any associated therapist travel.
Remote Occupational Therapy: $271.59 per hour plus $271.59 per hour for any associated therapist travel.
Occupational Therapy: $193.99 per hour plus $193.99 per hour for any associated therapist travel.
Therapy Assistant Level 2: $86.79 per hour plus $86.79 per hour for any associated therapist travel.
Therapy Assistant Level 1: $56.16 per hour plus $56.16 per hour for any associated therapist travel.
If any Propel OT Therapist arrives to a confirmed appointment, and the Client declines service, is not present or does not show up after contact attempts, then both non-attendance of the appointment and any relevant travel will be charged.
Travel
Where applicable, Provider Travel Costs (labour and non-labour) may be charged against participant plans in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the NDIS Price Guide. As these policies may change from time to time, current policy will be applied. You will be charged for the time it takes your therapist to travel to and from an appointment. Travel is considered a billable service charged in 5-minute increments based at the therapist hourly rate.
Note: Therapy services, reporting, correspondences and liaison cost will be based on Clinician's location at the time of providing services.
Full Schedule of services will be available after initial appointment from clinician upon request.
Travel claim includes any accommodation, fuel charges and provider travel time for Clinician.
If participant prefers to come to Propel hub on own or with participant's support worker, no provider travel costs will be charged.
Participants will be charged as follows:
MMM1, MMM2 & MMM3 = up to 30 minutes travel each way.
MMM4 & MMM5 = up to 60 minutes travel each way.
MMM6 & MMM7 as per NDIS guidelines. Where a worker is travelling to provide services to more than one participant in a 'region' then that travel time can be apportioned between the participants.
Non labour travel charges at $0.97/km may also be charged.
