Help us advocate for positive policy change: NDIS 2025-26 Annual Pricing Review
3 Dec 2025
The NDIS has launched its Annual Price Review for 2025–2026, which includes therapy supports such as podiatry. This is a chance for the podiatry community to raise their voice on this important area of pricing of podiatry services.
Last year’s review (2024–2025) resulted in significant pricing changes that impacted podiatry and caused concern within the podiatry community.
Read our report on the impact of the pricing changes for the podiatry community here >>
The APodA has been actively advocating for:
- Fair and evidence-based pricing
- Streamlined administrative processes
- Greater recognition of allied health roles
NDIS Annual Pricing Review consultations
The NDIA has acknowledged these concerns and want to hear from you. You can share your feedback by:
- Completing the NDIS survey, or
- Making a submission.
Further information on the survey or how to make a submission can be found here via the NDIS website >>
Key dates
- Submissions close at 11:59pm AEDT, 8 February 2026
- Implementation of 2025–2026 pricing from 1 July 2026
More context
The NDIA is exploring two key areas relevant to podiatry.
1) Differentiated Pricing for delivery of services
The NDIA is considering whether more tailored pricing approaches could better reflect diverse service delivery models. Areas under review include:
- Registration and assurance requirements: Recognising compliance and quality investments required of registered providers.
- Participant complexity and intensity: Accounting for additional time, skill, and workforce structures needed to support participants with complex needs.
- Provider capability and quality: supporting providers who invest in training, supervision and outcomes measurement.
- Market alignment and benchmarking: ensuring NDIS prices remain responsive to broader market conditions and workforce trends.
2) Therapy supports and how they are delivered
The following questions are included in the survey:
- How is your therapy workforce primarily employed?
- What is the typical duration of a NDIS therapy session delivered by your organisation or practice?
- What percentage of this session time is direct therapy, documentation, coordination or other?