Minister for the NDIS, Bill Shorten, has announced a new Crack Down on Fraud program aimed at making the NDIS stronger and to better protect participant funding. The program includes ICT improvements that will help detect and prevent fraud and non-compliant activity, ensuring legitimate participants continue to have the supports and services they need.
The Australian Government will provide initial funding of $83.9 million to strengthen the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and make sure every dollar is going to participants who need it.
The new funding will go towards the Crack Down on Fraud program and will boost fraud-detecting IT systems to better protect monies allocated to Australians living with disability who are on the NDIS.
The National Disability Insurance Agency will use the funding for a number of fraud-busting IT activities, including:
- building a new fraud case management system that will interact with other enforcement agencies;
- building new IT systems to connect with other agencies, providers and banks so that transactions can be actioned faster with reduced errors;
- improving the systems that assess, process and pay over 400,000 NDIS claims per day;
- improving identity proofing systems to increase safety and privacy; and
- improving the NDIS mobile app and online interfaces.
The program and the funding will also help safeguard the sustainability of the Scheme, and ensuring that legitimate participants continue to have access to supports and services they need to thrive.
If you suspect someone is doing the wrong thing with NDIS funds, you should report it by:
• filling out our online tip-off form (opens in new window). If you need help completing the online tip-off form you can call the NDIS Fraud Reporting and Scams Helpline on 1800 650 717.
• emailing fraudreporting@ndis.gov.au (opens in new window)
All reports made are confidential and taken seriously. You can learn more about reporting suspicious behaviour by visiting our website (opens in new window).
Amoscare is your NDIS Registered Provider in Shepparton
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