Lumina Blog

  • For NDIS providers9 min read

    SDA vacancy reporting: what NDIS providers track and why

    SDA vacancy reporting tells the NDIA when a room in an enrolled SDA home becomes empty, and when someone moves in. Here is what it covers, who sees it, and how it differs from SDA enrolment.

  • For NDIS providers9 min read

    NDIS plan budgets: tracking utilisation across a caseload

    How the NDIS plan budget categories work, and what a provider watches as spending moves through a plan period. A plain guide to tracking utilisation across a whole caseload rather than one plan at a time.

  • For NDIS providers10 min read

    Getting ready for an NDIS audit: what to have on file

    The records an NDIS provider should have ready before an audit, grouped into four plain piles: policies and governance, worker records, participant records, and records of what happened. Includes what differs between a certification audit and a verification...

  • For NDIS providers9 min read

    What a board should see each month: a one-page NDIS view

    An NDIS provider's board needs about ten numbers on one page each month, each with a target, an owner and last month's figure. Here is the set to include, how to set each target, and what to leave off.

  • For NDIS providers9 min read

    NDIS worker screening records: what a provider must keep

    A plain guide to the two written records NDIS worker screening asks for: one for every risk-assessed role, and one for every worker in those roles. It covers what each record holds and how long it is kept.

  • For NDIS providers8 min read

    How to keep track of every NDIS participant's plan and reviews

    A growing NDIS provider keeps across every participant by holding plan dates, plan budgets, service hours delivered and review dates in one register, and reading it on the same day each week. Here is what that register holds and the warning signs that one...

  • For NDIS providers9 min read

    Choosing NDIS reporting software: a plain checklist

    A plain checklist of questions to ask any reporting tool before you buy: where each number comes from, who owns the data, and what the tool can show at audit time. No prices and no rankings.

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