{"id":437,"date":"2021-05-30T03:31:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T03:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twmbapsych.com.au\/?page_id=437"},"modified":"2026-06-27T02:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T02:13:47","slug":"medicare-scheme-rebates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/twmbapsych.com.au\/fees-claims\/medicare-scheme-rebates\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicare Scheme &#038; Rebates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Medicare&nbsp;Claims<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Medicare rebates are available for psychological services that are provided under a Mental Health Care Plan, under the Australian Government\u2019s Better Access to Mental Health Care initiative. This Plan is completed by a General Practitioner (GP) and provides access to Medicare rebates:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img><em><strong>Clinical Psychologist<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">$249\u00a0 Standard consultation<br>$149.05\u00a0 Medicare Rebate\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br>$ 99.95 \u00a0 Gap\u00a0<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>General Registered Psychologist<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">$192\u00a0 Standard consultation<br>$ 101.55\u00a0 Medicare Rebate<br>$\u00a090.45 Gap\u00a0<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Medicare will only pay rebates into a Savings or Cheque account. Therefore, in order for your rebate to be claimed, an EFTPOS card \/ Credit Debit card is required.<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>Mental Health Care Plan<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8211; You need first visit your GP and explain your mental health concerns to obtain a Mental Health Care Plan and subsequent referral to a psychologist. It is polite to book a longer consultation with your GP so that they have adequate time to develop a care plan with you.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8211; Please ensure your letter of referral and Mental Health Care Plan has been forwarded to Toowoomba Psychological Services prior to your first consultation with the psychologist.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8211; If a referral is made by a Psychiatrist or Paediatrician, a referral letter rather than a Mental Health Care Plan is required.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8211; Patients are required to return to the medical practitioner for a Review of their Mental Health Care Plan after they have accessed the allocated number of sessions.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8211; Further information can be obtained by visiting:&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/internet\/main\/publishing.nsf\/Content\/mental-ba-fact-pat\">http:\/\/www.health.gov.au\/internet\/main\/publishing.nsf\/Content\/mental-ba-fact-pat<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8211; The client is responsible for paying any charges in excess of the Medicare benefit for items under this initiative. However, these out-of-pocket costs will count towards the Medicare Safety Net for that client.<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8211; In some instances, a psychologist may choose to bulk bill (i.e., age pensioners, Centrelink benefits recipients), in which case the client will not have to pay any additional fees.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medicare&nbsp;Claims Medicare rebates are available for psychological services that are provided under a Mental Health Care Plan, under the Australian Government\u2019s Better Access to Mental Health Care initiative. This Plan is completed by a General Practitioner (GP) and provides access to Medicare rebates: Clinical Psychologist $249\u00a0 Standard consultation$149.05\u00a0 Medicare Rebate\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0$&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twmbapsych.com.au\/fees-claims\/medicare-scheme-rebates\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Medicare Scheme &#038; Rebates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":50,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"pages\/child-pages.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-437","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/twmbapsych.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/twmbapsych.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/twmbapsych.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twmbapsych.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twmbapsych.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/twmbapsych.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600,"href":"https:\/\/twmbapsych.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437\/revisions\/600"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/twmbapsych.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/twmbapsych.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}