NDIS plan managers in Bowen, Queensland
Bowen QLD 4805 · also a suburb name in NSW
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NDIS plan managers pay your providers, track your budget and handle invoices. Up to $104.45/month in 2026-27 (NDIS price limit), funded separately when plan management is included in your NDIS plan.
Need an NDIS plan manager in Bowen?
- 6 providers in or near Bowen
- Plan management is paid from your NDIS plan
- Free. One request, providers contact you.
NDIS Plan Management providers near me
Showing 2 in Bowen + 4 servicing from nearby·How we chose these
NDIS registered Serves Bowen + 7204 other areas in QLD
- Receiving Carevo enquiries
- Active on Carevo this week
- Funding accepted
- NDIS · all plan types (NDIS plan-managed, NDIS self-managed, NDIS agency-managed)
- Often enquired about
- Autism, developmental delay, psychosocial disability, down syndrome
About Clarion Plan Management
Clarion Plan Management is listed for NDIS plan management in Bowen because they are registered with the NDIS Commission for plan management and list Bowen in their service area. They are an NDIS registered provider offering NDIS plan management serving Bowen, Queensland. Their most frequently accepted Carevo enquiries concern support coordination and cleaning. Most enquiries to them come from families and carers. How we rank
How this listing is sourced
- Registered for with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
Plan Management
NDIS registered Serves Fredericksfield + 1 other area in QLD (81 km from Bowen)
- Funding accepted
- NDIS · all plan types (NDIS self-managed, NDIS plan-managed, NDIS agency-managed)
About Rinella, Kaylene Angela
Rinella, Kaylene Angela is listed for NDIS plan management in Bowen because they are registered with the NDIS Commission for plan management. They are an NDIS registered provider based in Fredericksfield, Queensland. Confirm whether they travel to Bowen. Most enquiries to them come from families and carers. Support coordination is among the services named in their accepted Carevo enquiries. How we rank
How this listing is sourced
- Registered for with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
Plan Management
- Business address on file
NDIS registered Serves Wangaratta + 31 other areas in QLD (71 km from Bowen)
- Funding accepted
- NDIS · all plan types (NDIS self-managed, NDIS plan-managed, NDIS agency-managed)Private
- Registered for
- High-needs community nursing
- Often enquired about
- Autism, psychosocial disability, down syndrome, adhd
About Mapple Care
Mapple Care is listed for NDIS plan management in Bowen because they have 4 Carevo connections for this service. They are an NDIS registered provider listed in Wangaratta, Queensland and based in Boondall, Queensland. Confirm whether they travel to Bowen. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly. Their most frequently accepted Carevo enquiries concern personal care and cleaning. How we rank
How this listing is sourced
- Registered for with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
Assistance in Coordinating or Managing Life Stages, Transitions and Supports · Home Modifications · Therapeutic Supports · Assistance with travel/transport arrangements · Household tasks · Communication and Information Equipment · Participation in community/social and civic activities · Plan Management · Community nursing care for high needs · Assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement · Innovative Community Participation · Development of daily living and life skills · Exercise Physiology and Physical Wellbeing Activities · Assistance to access and/or maintain employment and/or education · Daily Personal Activities · Support Coordination · Group and Centre Based Activities
- Business address on file
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NDIS registered Serves Bowen + 3 other areas in QLD
- Funding accepted
- NDIS · all plan types (NDIS self-managed, NDIS plan-managed, NDIS agency-managed)Private
- Registered for
- High-intensity daily personal activities
About Bowen Flexi Care
Bowen Flexi Care is listed for NDIS plan management in Bowen because they are based in Bowen. They are registered for 11 types of NDIS support. How we rank
How this listing is sourced
- Registered for with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
Assistance with travel/transport arrangements · Household tasks · Assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement · Development of daily living and life skills · High Intensity Daily Personal Activities · Daily Personal Activities · Assistance in Coordinating or Managing Life Stages, Transitions and Supports · Participation in community/social and civic activities · Plan Management · Innovative Community Participation · Group and Centre Based Activities
- Business address on file
NDIS registered Serves Cannonvale (68 km from Bowen)
- Funding accepted
- NDIS · all plan types (NDIS self-managed, NDIS plan-managed, NDIS agency-managed)
- Registered for
- High-intensity daily personal activities
How this listing is sourced
- Registered for with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
Assistance in Coordinating or Managing Life Stages, Transitions and Supports · Assistance to access and/or maintain employment and/or education · Assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement · Daily Personal Activities · Development of daily living and life skills · Group and Centre Based Activities · High Intensity Daily Personal Activities · Household tasks · Participation in community/social and civic activities · Plan Management
- Business address on file
NDIS registered Serves Wangaratta + 5 other areas in QLD (71 km from Bowen)
- Funding accepted
- NDIS · all plan types (NDIS self-managed, NDIS plan-managed, NDIS agency-managed)
- Registered for
- High-intensity daily personal activities, high-needs community nursing
- Team includes
- Registered Nurse
- Often enquired about
- Multiple sclerosis
About Nightingale Connect
Nightingale Connect is an NDIS registered provider listed in Wangaratta, Queensland and based in Spring Mountain, Queensland. Most enquiries to them come from participants directly. Support coordination is among the services named in their accepted Carevo enquiries.
How this listing is sourced
- Registered for with the NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission
Assistance in Coordinating or Managing Life Stages, Transitions and Supports · Assistance to access and/or maintain employment and/or education · Assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement · Assistance with travel/transport arrangements · Community nursing care for high needs · Daily Personal Activities · Development of daily living and life skills · Group and Centre Based Activities · High Intensity Daily Personal Activities · Household tasks · Participation in community/social and civic activities · Plan Management · Specialist Disability Accommodation
- Business address on file
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Activity figures describe Carevo enquiries, not appointments or care quality. Acceptance timing excludes unclaimed enquiries. Confirm current capacity directly. Measurement period and method.
About NDIS Plan Management in Bowen
Carevo lists 6 organisations reporting NDIS plan management coverage for Bowen. Plan management is commonly delivered by phone, email and online portal, so a provider does not need a local office to serve the area. Compare NDIS registration, invoice turnaround, budget reporting, support hours, complaint handling and conflicts of interest. Confirm every claim directly with the plan manager and read the service agreement before recording the organisation as your plan manager.
What to compare before choosing
Use these service-specific checks when you contact providers in Bowen. Confirm each answer directly; a directory listing does not prove current capacity.
Invoice turnaround
Slow invoice payment can interrupt otherwise reliable supports.
Ask: What was your median invoice-to-payment time over the last 90 days?
Budget visibility
Current balances and category alerts make overspend easier to prevent.
Ask: Can I see live balances, commitments and forecasts in your portal?
Provider payment process
Clear exception handling matters when an invoice is rejected or above a price limit.
Ask: Who contacts me and the provider when an invoice cannot be paid?
Switching support
A documented handover reduces the risk of unpaid invoices during a change.
Ask: What notice, exit and handover process applies if I leave?
Frequently Asked Questions
How quickly are NDIS plan management enquiries responded to?
Across 32 NDIS plan management accepted enquiries on Carevo, the median enquiry acceptance time is 4 minutes. 75% of NDIS plan management enquiries nationally have enquiry details accepted within 1 hour, and 97% within 24 hours. This is the national figure for one service, so it differs from any Bowen figure above, which covers every service in the suburb.
How many NDIS plan managers serve Bowen?
Carevo currently lists 6 organisations reporting plan management coverage for Bowen. Many work nationally, so local office location is less important than registration, responsiveness and service quality.
Does plan management cost the participant anything?
When plan management is included in the NDIS plan, the NDIA includes separate stated funding for the registered plan manager. The participant should still check the fee and service agreement.
Must an NDIS plan manager be registered?
Yes. Participants using plan-managed funding must choose a plan manager registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. Confirm the organisation in the official register.
Can plan-managed participants use unregistered providers?
Yes, for supports where current NDIS rules permit it and the purchase fits the participant's plan. The plan manager checks invoices and pricing but does not decide the participant's goals or deliver the support.
What should I compare between plan managers?
Compare registration, invoice turnaround, budget reporting, portal access, support hours, privacy, complaint handling, notice periods and conflicts of interest. Ask for written answers in the service agreement.
Can I change plan managers?
Yes. A participant can change plan managers during the plan. Follow the notice and handover terms in the current service agreement and arrange the new registered plan manager in the participant portal or with the NDIA.
Is a plan manager the same as a support coordinator?
No. A plan manager handles invoices, payments and budget reporting. A support coordinator helps implement the plan, connect supports and build the participant's capacity to use the NDIS.
Does Carevo verify every plan manager claim?
No. Carevo displays available registration, profile, coverage and platform activity signals. Confirm official registration, fees, service standards and current onboarding availability before signing.
Care services available in Bowen
How many providers cover each type of support in Bowen.
What NDIS plan management costs
The 2026-27 NDIS pricing guidance sets a flat national monthly plan management fee of $104.45. The previous one-off establishment fee has been removed. When plan management is included in a participant's plan, the NDIA includes separate stated funding for that service.
Ask the plan manager to explain its fee, service agreement and any separate capacity-building support before signing. The stated plan management funding cannot be redirected to other supports.
| Time | Indicative rate |
|---|---|
| Monthly plan management fee | $104.45 under 2026-27 NDIS pricing guidance |
| One-off establishment fee | Removed |
| Participant payment | Funded separately when included in the NDIS plan |
NDIS pricing guidance is reviewed periodically. Check the current NDIS pricing schedule and the service agreement before signing.
Source: NDIS pricing schedule 2026-27
What does NDIS plan management cost? Full pricing and funding guide
How plan management funding works
The participant's plan identifies which support budgets are plan managed and includes stated funding for a registered plan manager. The plan manager receives provider invoices, checks them against the plan and applicable pricing rules, pays approved invoices and claims the amount from the NDIA.
Participants remain responsible for buying supports that fit their plan and monitoring their budget. Plan-managed participants can use registered or unregistered service providers, subject to current NDIS rules and the support being funded. The plan manager itself must be registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.
What to confirm before choosing a plan manager
Ask for the organisation's typical invoice turnaround based on recent records, not a marketing promise. Check how rejected or above-limit invoices are handled, how often budget reports arrive and whether you can see current balances and commitments in a portal.
Read the notice period, handover process, privacy terms and conflict-of-interest disclosure in the service agreement. Plan managers handle financial administration. A support coordinator has a different role and can help implement a plan and connect supports.
How to check a provider's credentials
Carevo shows register-sourced status fields and links you to the official Australian registers so you can confirm the current entry yourself. Here is what each listing shows and where to check it. A listing on Carevo is not an endorsement.
NDIS registration
Listings show whether a provider reports being NDIS registered. You can confirm a provider's current registration and approved support types yourself on the NDIS Commission's public provider register.
Source: NDIS Quality and Safeguards CommissionAged care approval
The aged care approval label is sourced from the Australian Government's My Aged Care provider register. Confirm the current entry and the services listed there before choosing a provider.
Source: My Aged Care (Department of Health and Aged Care)ABN you can check
Most listings include the provider's Australian Business Number, shown on the profile. You can look it up on the Australian Business Register to confirm the business is registered and active.
Source: Australian Business RegisterComplaints process
If you have a concern about any provider, you can lodge a complaint with the NDIS Commission or the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission at any time. We also accept complaints via our own channel.
Source: NDIS Commission / Aged Care CommissionNDIS Plan Management at a glance
- Funding
- NDIS Improved Life Choices
- Availability
- Varies by plan manager
- Wait time
- Confirm current availability and a start date directly with the provider
- Cost
- $104.45/month in 2026-27 (NDIS price limit), funded separately when plan management is included in your NDIS plan
- Hours
- Online portals are common; support hours vary
- Median enquiry acceptance
- 4 minutes
Care demand in QLD
In the last 90 days, participants, families and coordinators across QLD made 1,160 care requests through Carevo, and 44% were marked urgent. The funding mix was 48% NDIS, 37% Home Care Package or aged care, and 15% privately funded.
Based on real requests submitted to Carevo across QLD. Updated each build.
Queensland Regulations & Compliance
In Queensland, NDIS providers may be registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, and registered providers comply with the NDIS Practice Standards. Registration is mandatory only for specified supports and circumstances, such as specialist disability accommodation, plan management, and supports involving regulated restrictive practices. Self-managed and plan-managed participants may generally choose registered or unregistered providers; NDIA-managed participants must use registered providers. Aged care services are regulated by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission under federal legislation. Queensland requires all disability workers to hold a current Blue Card (working with people with disability check) in addition to national screening requirements.
About Bowen
Bowen sits within the Whitsunday (Regional Council) council area, home to around 10,377 residents. Connecting with a NDIS plan management provider who already works locally means shorter travel and familiarity with nearby services.
Population 65+
2,360 (20.3%)
State avg 17.7%
Need help with daily activities
788 (6.8%)
State avg 6.1%
Median personal income
$713/wk
Weekly, persons 15+ (ABS)
The response time above is based on 32 compare NDIS plan managers requests across Australia. We do not yet have enough compare NDIS plan managers requests in Bowen to report how many providers respond to a typical request here. How we calculate our numbers
How we rank providers
Rankings in Bowen use directory relevance and observable activity on Carevo: service match, distance, register-sourced status fields, whether an enquiry can reach the provider, and recent response and connection activity. Rankings are recalculated daily. They do not assess care quality or recommend a provider.
- How this list is built. Providers shown here are registered with the NDIS for Plan Management, or offer plan management. Generalist providers who only mention this service in passing are excluded, so the list reflects genuine, demonstrated capability.
- Activity on Carevo. We measure recent actions such as connecting on an enquiry, opening its contact details, responding, and an inquirer reporting whether a connection helped. These are platform activity signals, not an assessment of the support delivered.
- Service match. Providers are ranked by how closely their registered services and capabilities match what you are searching for.
- Register-sourced status. NDIS registration fields come from the NDIS Commission provider register. Aged care approval fields come from the My Aged Care register. These statuses are ranking inputs, not Carevo endorsements, and you should confirm the current register entry before choosing a provider.
- Carevo enquiries. Providers who have paused requests from us are moved down among providers with the same relevance. They stay visible and are marked as not receiving Carevo enquiries.
- Recent activity. Providers active on Carevo recently (a connection, a login, or a profile update) get a small boost, the same signal shown as "Active this week" on their card. It is deliberately small: stronger relevance and condition evidence outweigh a recent login.
- Local presence. Providers confirmed in Bowen rank above those covering only the broader region.
What the enquiries status means
It answers one question: would a request sent through Carevo today actually reach them? It is not a rating, it is not about the provider's books, and it is not a statement about their capacity, their waiting list, or the quality of their care.
- Receiving
- At least one contact on their account is set up to receive new requests from us, and someone has signed in recently enough for us to say a person is there.
- Not receiving
- Every contact on the account has unsubscribed or paused, so we have no way to pass an enquiry on.
- No status shown
- We cannot tell either way, so we say nothing rather than label the provider. The account is set to receive enquiries, but nobody has signed in recently, or there are no contact details on file. It is not a negative mark, and most listings sit here.
A provider who is not receiving our enquiries may well be taking new clients directly. Providers set this themselves and can turn it back on at any time from their Carevo account or from any email we send them. Providers not receiving our enquiries are moved down the list and never hidden. It is refreshed daily, so a provider who resumes, or signs in, reappears within a day.
What the Carevo activity rating means
The Strong activity rating describes how a provider behaves on Carevo, not the care they deliver.
- Where it starts
- Every provider starts at a baseline of 50.
- What moves it
- Enquiries from the last 90 days. The strongest positive is a care seeker naming that provider as the one who helped them. The clearest negative is connecting on an enquiry and never opening the contact details.
- How it is kept honest
- Recalculated daily from scratch, shown only above the baseline and only with at least two scored signals, and removed automatically when either stops being true. It cannot be purchased.
It is not an endorsement, a recommendation, or an assessment of care quality, and we do not screen providers for complaints. Complaints are handled by the NDIS Commission and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. See the full activity rating methodology.
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providers in Bowen
35,248
providers nationally
Sources and content responsibility
Carevo maintains this service guide. The funding and directory wording was checked on 15 September 2026. This is not a clinical review. Confirm a practitioner's qualifications, suitability, fees and current availability before booking.
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- NDIA pricing arrangements and current support catalogue
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