{"podcast":{"title":"Allied Health Business Brilliance","slug":"allied-health-business-brilliance-899066","podcast_index_feed_id":899066,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/alliedhealthbusinessbrilliance/","website_url":"https://www.nacre.com.au/podcast/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/3572dcf0-ad9e-4c0d-b324-6488f7b78a4a/9RhyQy237E3r3UBew2hIudqJ.jpg","author":"Cathy Love","episode_count":448,"summary":"The Allied Health Business Brilliance podcast powered by Nacre Consulting (previously known as Private Practice Made Perfect) is a much-loved conversation for those wanting to hear real life Australian Allied Health business stories, adventures, and the occasional confession. The outstanding guest list includes Allied Health Business Owners and wonderful small business supporters such as accountants, marketers, bookkeepers, IT wizards, virtual assistants, lawyers and more. As you know, it takes a village to run a business. Cathy Love, our anchor for this podcast gathers the tribe, captures the collective wisdom and conveniently delivers it to your earbuds. All episodes are chatty, honest, and practical… It gets real, it gets vulnerable. And that’s why we love doing what we do.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-28T20:17:23.299940+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/allied-health-business-brilliance-899066"},"episode":{"title":"I-CAN Assessments, Foundational Supports & Funding Period Pressure","slug":"i-can-assessments-foundational-supports-funding-period-pressure","published_at":"2026-03-01T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/allied-health-business-brilliance-899066/i-can-assessments-foundational-supports-funding-period-pressure","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/allied-health-business-brilliance-899066","url":"https://www.nacre.com.au/podcast/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/4406c393-d251-443c-aeec-285ff9948b16.mp3","summary":"Joining Cathy Love this week is Sara Gingold , Editor-in-Chief of the Disability Services Consulting (DSC) Resource Hub, to unpack the fast-moving changes shaping the NDIS through an Allied Health Business lens. They explore the shift toward I-CAN (Instrument for the Classification and Assessment of Support Needs) as the foundation for new NDIA-led Support Needs Assessments, and the unanswered questions about how assessment data will translate into individual budgets. They also examine the proposed Foundational Supports framework, including the Thriving Kids program, and what these reforms could mean for children currently receiving NDIS-funded therapy. The episode also addresses mounting provider pressures ranging from therapy operational guideline updates and pricing uncertainty to the real-world disruption caused by quarterly funding periods. Throughout the discussion, Sara brings clear sector perspective, and key reflections for Allied Health Business Owners navigating uncertainty. Topics covered on I-CAN & Support Needs Assessments, Foundational Supports & Thriving Kids, & operational pressure points for providers: I-CAN & Support Needs Assessments – The critical unanswered question remains: how will I-CAN results translate into a participant’s budget? Foundational Supports & Thriving Kids – An overview of the proposed Foundational Supports model, including Thriving Kids for children with mild to moderate developmental delay and autism, and the complexities of state and territory negotiations still underway. Operational pressure points for providers – New therapy operational guidelines, discussions around differentiated pricing, the impact of recent price changes across therapy disciplines. P.S. If this episode is hitting on pain points you’re…","meta_description":"Joining Cathy Love this week is Sara Gingold , Editor-in-Chief of the Disability Services Consulting (DSC) Resource Hub, to unpack the fast-moving changes…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2559,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/allied-health-business-brilliance-899066/episodes/i-can-assessments-foundational-supports-funding-period-pressure/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/allied-health-business-brilliance-899066/i-can-assessments-foundational-supports-funding-period-pressure.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}