How IHA's clinical services may be accessed through NDIS, provider-funded engagements, TAC and WorkSafe Victoria.
The NDIS may fund disability-related health supports where the support is required because of a participant's disability and meets the applicable NDIS funding requirements. Disability-related health supports may include nursing supports delivered by an appropriately qualified nurse, funded through Core Supports or Capacity Building Supports depending on the participant's plan and the purpose of the service.
Health care that a person would generally require regardless of disability may instead be the responsibility of the health system or another mainstream service. IHA can help clarify the clinical service required and review the participant's available funding before services commence.
The distinction is important: IHA determines whether we can appropriately provide the requested clinical service. The NDIA determines NDIS funding eligibility.
Where appropriate disability-related health support funding is available, eligible participant-specific Registered Nurse services may be delivered using the participant's NDIS funding, subject to the participant's plan, available funding, applicable NDIS requirements, participant consent and agreed service arrangements.
Depending on the participant and clinical service, eligible services may include RN assessment, clinical care planning, direct nursing care and other participant-specific RN clinical input.
Participant-specific worker clinical education or competency-related RN clinical input may also potentially form part of an eligible disability-related health support arrangement where appropriate.
Not all worker education, training or competency assessment can automatically be charged to a participant's NDIS plan. Eligibility depends on the participant's circumstances, available funding and applicable NDIS requirements.
NDIS providers may engage IHA directly to fund participant-specific Registered Nurse clinical services. These may include:
Provider-funded participant-specific clinical work is a normal IHA engagement pathway. How We Work With Providers →
Where an engagement includes both participant-funded and provider-funded components, IHA scopes and invoices those components separately.
The same unit of service is not charged to both the provider and the participant's NDIS funding.
Eligible TAC clients may access community nursing for transport accident-related injuries, subject to TAC requirements.
Eligible workers may access community nursing where nursing is required because of a work-related injury or illness, subject to WorkSafe requirements.
Our clinical team reviews the proposed service and available information to determine whether IHA can appropriately provide the requested clinical support and to clarify the relevant service and funding arrangement.
We may review:
You don't need to determine the exact NDIS support item before contacting IHA.
Send us a referral or enquiry with the participant's available plan information and clinical requirements. The IHA Clinical Team can review the proposed service and discuss the appropriate next steps with you.
IHA can provide information about our services and applicable funding arrangements but does not determine NDIS funding eligibility. Funding decisions are made by the NDIA in accordance with the participant's plan and applicable NDIS requirements.