Rebates and Funding Packages
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Speech Pathology services can be provided across a wide range of settings including:
Health Care Centres, Hospitals, Rehabilitation Services, Aged Care Facilities, Schools, Specialist Disability or Early Intervention Programs, and Private Practice.
Generally there is no payment required for services accessed through public facilities. Private services from a speech pathologist in a private facility or their own practice will incur a fee.
Certain Medicare, Private Health Insurance and Third Party Health Provider funding can be available, as follows:
Medicare Rebates
Medicare Allied Health Initiative for Chronic Disease Management Items
-previously known as Enhanced Primary Care – (EPC) plans
– more information
Helping Children with Autism Package
– more information
Private Health Funds
Speech Pathology services can be rebated under certain ancillary tables of private health funds. Consult your health fund to obtain details on the rebate amount or speech pathology consultations and the maximum amount you can claim per person or family in a calendar year.
Third Party Health Providers
This relates to specific programs or bodies which may pay for speech pathology services where eligibility is met and an appropriate referral from a medical practitioner has been provided to the speech pathologist.
These bodies may include:
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Workcover authorities for workers compensation injuries
- Motor Accident authorities for injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents.
Specialist Program Funding
The “Helping Children with Autism” Package provides funding for multidisciplinary early intervention programs. This funding is administered through the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).
