Plan Management is when a provider such as Fun Care Gery supports you to manage funding in your NDIS Plan. These providers are known as Plan Managers.

When you’re an NDIS participant, you are assessed to identify your needs and the support options that are available to meet them. After your eligible programs and level of need are identified, a plan is made together with an NDIS representative, yourself, and any service providers you may designate. This plan will be carried out, reassessed, and amended as necessary through the duration of your participation in the NDIS program.

We make your NDIS experience a breeze with Plan Management. We undertake the day-to-day administration that comes with a NDIS Plan – receiving invoices from providers, checking them for accuracy, confirming that services are delivered, claiming money from the NDIA, making payments to your providers, and sending you regular updates so that you can see how much you have utilised of your Plan. We will work with you to determine the best allocation of funds for support and services that will help you achieve your goals.

Having supported people living with Fun Care Gery, we know that managing the financial aspect of your NDIS plan can feel confusing and overwhelming. We know the disability and community sectors back to front, so you don’t have to explain things and repeat yourself to us.

Our experienced Plan Managers can:

1. Manage your NDIS claims on your behalf

2. Monitor your NDIS budget to ensure you are not over or under-spending

3. Help you pay your NDIS service provider’s bills on time

4. Provide monthly expenditure and fund status reports

5. Save time

6. Work closely with your support coordinator to ensure your needs are met

7. Allow you to access providers who are not registered with NDIS.

With our Fun Care Gery Plan Management expertise, we take care of your financial load while working in partnership with you and keeping you in the driver’s seat of your care.

Your NDIS Plan Manager is responsible for managing your budget and paying invoices from your service providers on your behalf. They can liaise directly with the providers or they can pass the information through you. Your Plan Manager can also provide you with information to help you manage your plan effectively and keep you informed of your spending including issuing monthly spending statements.

In amongst the preparation and paperwork for an NDIS plan meeting it can be overlooked how you would like the money to be managed. There are three options NDIS participants can choose from:

1. Self-Managed – participants elect to organise receipts and invoices themselves and access the NDIS portal to make their own claims manually.

2. Agency Managed – Participants elect to have the NDIA manage their funds and pay providers on your behalf. Only providers that are registered with the NDIS can be paid under this method.

3. Plan Managed – Participants nominate an independent provider to take care of provider communications as well as payments.

There can be a significant impact on the supports available to you under the three options and the ability to get the most from your NDIS plan and open your options for the providers that you choose.

If you are wanting the flexibility to use providers that are not registered with the NDIA and you are worried about the workload involved in self-managing the plan then choosing  plan managed is a great solution.

We at Fun Care Gery Plan Management can take care of all the boring stuff like paperwork and administrative tasks and give you the choice, flexibility, capacity, ability and control over your plan.

It is important to know that plan management comes at no cost to the participant.