One of Australia’s leading NDIS consultancy services, Amergin, will deliver an innovative new online platform, Everyday Practice, as one of the major recipients of funding under the NDIS Commission’s Support for NDIS Providers Program. Announced today, Everyday Practice is a free, national education and community resource for all NDIS providers…
Continue Reading...The NDIA has delivered some welcome news to providers following an Independent Pricing Review (IPR) – 10 of which will come into effect from 1 July 2018. There’s no doubt that yesterday’s news announcing the NDIA’s acceptance of the IPR’s pricing recommendations demonstrates its willingness to take ‘bigger’ steps…
Continue Reading...We’re very excited to be attending this week’s National Mental Health Forum in Sydney with Amergin’s very own, Christine Dempsey delivering her presentation on ‘Developing strategies to remain sustainable under the NDIS’. Christine is one of Australia’s foremost experts on the Australian disability services sector, primarily the NDIS. Christine…
Continue Reading...As Amergin continues its mission to meet the growing demand for support services from organisations across the community sector, we are making sure that those who join our Team not only bring the relevant expertise, but also the right approach – this means the positive culture we create in…
Continue Reading...As the Australian public continue to digest the impact from the Federal Government’s 2018 Budget Announcement, the overall implications for the disability sector (National Disability Insurance Scheme or NDIS) and aged care sector appear to be quite positive – for providers and participants alike. We’ve tried to cover some…
Continue Reading...At the NDIS Provider Forum in Adelaide this week, we heard a lot of detail around the National Quality and Safeguards Framework that will be coming in to effect from 1 July 2018. Here are 8 things providers need to know: The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (or the…
Continue Reading...Aged Care Quality and Safeguarding: Toward a New, Single Aged Care Quality Framework The Australian Government Department of Health is attempting to cut through the Aged Care compliance red tape with the introduction of a single quality framework, due to take effect from 1 July 2018. As many Aged…
Continue Reading...Amergin Director, Christine Dempsey has been asked to present at the 2nd National Mental Health Forum in Sydney, June 2018. As a strong advocate for mental health support services, Christine is excited at the opportunity to provide both strategic and practical advice to Senior Executives from Public and…
Continue Reading...The word ‘consultant’ elicits images of a well-dressed, officious, impersonal business person licking their lips at the prospect of charging exorbitant hourly rates to those who come knocking. Is this really the case with consultants in 2017 or just a perception spilling over from the 90’s / 00’s when…
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