DisabilityCare Australia is staring down the barrel at its first major multi-million dollar cost blowout, despite its pilot programs only being in operation for a few weeks. As WA yesterday became the final state to the sign up to the scheme, the controversially uncosted program - formerly known as the National Disability Insurance Scheme - has been forced to negotiate a new payment deal with disability service providers. Its first offer of hourly payment rates was up to 15 per cent less than what providers currently received from state government bodies. The anticipated cost blowout for the government comes amid claims the rough estimates of running DCA - $15 billion per year - will surge in excess of $22 billion when the structure and operating model is finally bedded down.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 00:38:07 +0000
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