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Consultations FOR INDIVIDUALS

All consultations are of 50 minutes duration. The amount of medicare rebate that you will receive will vary depending on which item number that you will be eligible to claim based on the specifics at the time of your consultation. If you have already reached the Medicare Safety Net for the year, your rebate will be higher than what is listed in the fee schedule below.

Medicare is your insurance rebate and unfortunately does not fully cover the cost of providing these services so there will be a direct patient contribution for all services.

  • Professional attendance by a general practitioner lasting at least 40 minutes, in relation to 1 or more health-related issues, with appropriate documentation.

  • Referral from your regular GP under a Mental Health Care Plan for FPS.

    Once a GP Mental Health Treatment Plan has been completed and claimed on Medicare, a patient is eligible for up to 10 Medicare rebateable individual mental health services per calendar year.

    Professional attendance at consulting rooms by a general practitioner, for providing focussed psychological strategies for assessed mental disorders by a general practitioner registered with the Chief Executive Medicare as meeting the credentialling requirements for provision of this service, and lasting at least 40 minutes.

  • Professional attendance by a general practitioner (including a general practitioner who has undertaken mental health skills training) of at least 40 minutes in duration for the preparation of a GP mental health treatment plan for a patient.

    Ideally this is performed with your regular GP that continues to provide all your ongoing general medical care. Once a GP Mental Health Treatment Plan has been completed and claimed on Medicare, a patient is eligible for up to 10 Medicare rebateable individual mental health services per calendar year.

  • GP review after the initial medicare defined course of FPS treatment which is a maximum of six FPS sessions.

    This is ideally performed with your regular GP, after which you are eligible for your additional FPS sessions in this calendar year to a maximum of 10 total sessions.

    In extenuating circumstances this service can be provided by me but this attracts a substantially lower medicare rebate than other item numbers.

    Professional attendance by a general practitioner to review a GP mental health treatment plan which he or she, or an associated general practitioner has prepared, or to review a Psychiatrist Assessment and Management Plan.

Fees

All appointments are privately billed and need to be finalised at the time of consultation. Payment can be made via a HICAPS machine if paying by credit card (preferred) or in cash.

The standard fee for all consultations is $250 which is payable at the end of your appointment.

Alternatively you can pay online in advance of your appointment with a credit card via the Client Portal (Stripe payment).

If you are booking online and do not already have an existing GP Mental Health Treatment Plan for FPS then please book a Level D (Item 44) comprehensive consultation.

Please bring your Medicare card details to your appointment as I can process your Medicare rebate as soon as the consultation payment is processed. If your bank account details are linked to your Medicare account then your rebate will be rebated directly back into your account. If your bank details are not linked, then you can be provided with a receipt to make your Medicare claim online, by mail or at a Medicare Service Centre.

If you already have a Mental Health Treatment Plan prepared by your GP, then you can make a booking under an Item 2725 and your therapy sessions will attract the highest Medicare rebate. Please provide a copy of this Mental Health Treatment Plan at or before your first appointment.

If you don’t currently have a formal mental health diagnosis but during the course of sessions it becomes apparent that your clinical situation does meet diagnostic (DSM/ICD) criteria for a mental disorder under a GP Mental Health Treatment Plan as per Medicare requirements, and you don’t have an existing GP Mental Health Treatment Plan from your GP then you may be eligible for a GP Mental Health Treatment plan to be created.

GP Mental Health Treatment plans are designed for patients with a mental disorder who would benefit from a structured approach to the management of their treatment needs. Mental disorder is a term used to describe a range of clinically diagnosable disorders that significantly interfere with an individual's cognitive, emotional or social abilities (Refer to the World Health Organisation, 1996, Diagnostic and Management Guidelines for Mental Disorders in Primary Care: ICD‑10 Chapter V Primary Care Version).

Unfortunately symptoms of emotional disturbance, low mood, relationship difficulties, stress, grief & loss do not constitute a mental disorder as defined by Medicare for treatment under a GP Mental Health Treatment Plan but these concerns can be managed within a comprehensive medical appointment (as defined by the Item 44 /Level D consultation).

If you are late for your appointment and the duration of the appointment is less than 40 minutes, full fees are payable but your actual Medicare rebate will be reduced as per the Medicare item descriptor. Consultations of greater than 20 minutes and less than 40 minutes (Item 36) currently attract a rebate of $80.10.

Fees are not covered by Private Health Insurance.

Medicare rebates listed below are correct as of 01/11/2023.

  • Full fee= $250

    Medicare rebate= $118.00

  • Fee= $250

    Medicare Rebate = $146.10

  • Full fee= $250

    Medicare rebate= $147.65

  • Full fee= $250

    Medicare rebate= $78.95

COUPLES THERAPY

Gottman Method Couples therapy is available by arrangement.

Further information about this process is available here.

Please e-mail admin@interweavetherapy.com.au you would like to request an initial appointment.

After all the assessment sessions have been completed then ongoing treatment (Session 4 onwards) can be booked via the Client Portal.

Late CANCELLATIONS AND NO SHOWs

If you are unable to keep your appointment please advise or reschedule through the Client Portal as soon as possible so that your appointment time can be allocated to another patient.

A late cancellation fee of $125 will apply if your appointment is cancelled within 24 hours of your allocated appointment time. An invoice will be issued and unfortunately no medicare rebate will apply.

Failure to attend an appointment will attract a fee of $125.  An invoice will be issued and unfortunately no medicare rebate will apply.

Outstanding fees must be paid before any further appointments can be booked. 

Late cancellation and no show fees may be waived at my discretion based on genuine unforeseeable extenuating individual circumstances. If this applies please make contact via phone, e-mail or the Client Portal.

Medicare SAFEtY NET

The Medicare Safety Net can help to lower your out of pocket medical costs for out of hospital services.

The Medicare safety Net limits the medical out-of-pocket costs (full fee minus applicable medicare rebate).

Medicare Safety Nets have thresholds. These are the dollar amounts you need to reach in gap and out of pocket costs to be eligible. When you’re eligible, you’ll start getting higher Medicare benefits. This means you’ll get more money back for certain Medicare services.

Once you or your family have reached the Safety Net, your out-of-pocket costs will reduce to 20% of the out-of-pocket costs for appointments for all health professionals who have access to Medicare rebates for their patients.

The Safety Net is calculated each calendar year, 1 January to 31 December.

Click the button below for more information on how to register for the Medicare Safety Net.