{"id":2009711,"date":"2025-09-09T20:09:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T20:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2009711"},"modified":"2025-09-09T20:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T20:09:27","slug":"new-ndis-price-cap-for-life-changing-music-and-art-therapy-revealed-after-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/new-ndis-price-cap-for-life-changing-music-and-art-therapy-revealed-after-review\/","title":{"rendered":"New NDIS price cap for ‘life changing’ music and art therapy revealed after review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Music and art therapists will be able to bill National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants at the same rate as counsellors, after a review of their evidence base found they were effective in the right circumstances.<\/p>\n

Last year, the federal government slashed the maximum hourly rate <\/a>that music and art therapists could charge participants from $194 to $68, unless they could prove their services were helping their clients.<\/p>\n

That decision sparked outrage in the sector and confusion about whether the therapies were being cut altogether from the NDIS because they lacked evidence.<\/p>\n

Therapists said the change would put their businesses at risk and parents were concerned their children would no longer be able to access the services with NDIS funding.<\/p>\n

In response, the government ordered a review of the evidence behind the use of music and art therapy, led by health economist Stephen Ducket.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the government released the results and reiterated the therapies would remain available to NDIS participants where there was evidence it would provide beneficial outcomes, and the maximum amount therapists could charge would be increased to $156.16, in line with the rate for counselling.<\/p>\n

To charge that amount, therapists need to be qualified from a recognised professional association.<\/p>\n

The new price limit will take effect from November 24.<\/p>\n