Allied health is facing a squeeze.Here's how practices stay sustainable.
NDIS price limits have been cut and frozen. Award wages are set to rise. Rent, power and everyday costs keep climbing — and you can't simply lift your fees to match. We help allied health practices free their people from repetitive admin, so you protect your care and stay sustainable. Start with a free consultation.
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How is allied health meant to survive this?
The NDIS cut its price limits and froze them, so much of the sector's revenue isn't keeping pace. At the same time, award wages for degree-qualified clinicians are set to rise — a likely Fair Work impact of up to 30%, phased in and still being finalised. Add rent, power and everyday inflation, and the margin in the middle keeps getting thinner.
You can't simply raise your prices to match. But there is one lever you control: the hours your skilled people lose to manual admin. Win that time back and your team spends it on patients, not paperwork — and the practice stays viable as costs rise.
The squeeze, by the numbers
What allied health practices are up against
- NDIS price limitsCut & frozen
- Award wages (Fair Work)Potentially +30%
- Rent, power & inflationStill climbing
- Margin in the middleGetting thinner
- Your clinical teamWorth protecting
This is where your team's hours disappear.
None of this is clinical work. It's the manual admin that quietly eats the week — and it's exactly the kind of work automation is built to take off your team's plate.
Referrals stuck in the inbox
A GP referral lands as a PDF and sits for days. Someone has to read it, retype it and chase whatever's missing.
NDIS claims that bounce
A claim bounces on a typo, then has to be found, fixed and resubmitted. Revenue delayed by manual data entry.
Patient intake by hand
Intake forms re-keyed into your system, the same details captured twice, before anyone has seen a patient.
No-shows nobody followed up
An empty slot that no one chased. That's not patient care — it's lost time and lost income, every week.
Becoming a sustainable practice, step by step.
Book your consultation
A free 30-minute session with an advisor who knows allied health. No cost, and no pitch.
We map where the hours go
We look at how your practice actually runs — intake, referrals, claiming — and where the manual work hides.
You get a clear plan
A statement of advice on the highest-value places to start — and, if you want to go deeper, an optional AI Audit. You decide what happens next, if anything.
Ready to find the hours?
The consultation is free. 30 minutes. No pitch.
* Free consultation subject to eligibility.
Built for established allied health practices.
You run an allied health practice.
Physio, OT, speech, psychology, podiatry and beyond.
Admin is eating your team's week.
Intake, referrals, claiming and follow-up, all done by hand.
NDIS or private, you feel the squeeze.
Frozen funding, rising wages and thinner margins.
Already using AI scribes?
Then you've felt the benefit — and that's just the tip of the iceberg. The same approach can take referrals, intake and claiming off your team's plate too. A free consultation shows you what's possible.
* Free consultation subject to eligibility.
SMEC AI quickly identified the challenges and provided efficient solutions within short timeframes, tailored, responsive and built into our workflow.
- 30 min
- A free consultation, with no cost and no obligation
- Govt-backed
- An Australian Government AI Adopt Centre
- You own it
- Whatever we build, your practice keeps
Protect your care. Protect your practice.
A free consultation with a SMEC AI advisor shows you where the hours are hiding and how to win them back — so your practice can stay sustainable through the squeeze.
* Free consultation subject to eligibility.