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Managing your NDIS funding: agency, plan or self-managed

The three ways to manage NDIS funds and what each means day to day.

Last reviewed October 2026 · 5 min read · Reviewed by the Prestige HCA operations team

Agency-managed means the NDIA pays registered providers directly; plan-managed means a plan manager pays invoices for you; self-managed means you pay and claim.

  • Agency: least admin, registered providers only.
  • Plan-managed: a plan manager (funded separately in your plan) handles invoices; you can use unregistered providers.
  • Self-managed: most control and most admin.

Prestige HCA accepts all three.