Medicare Rebates
You do not need a referral from your GP to come in for an appointment, unless you would like to claim a rebate from Medicare.
If you are eligible to claim with Medicare, your doctor (GP, Psychiatrist or Paediatrician) may write you a referral under a treatment plan outlined below.
Currently there are 3 different referral plans that are eligible to receive a Medicare rebate:
Please take the time to read through the details of each plan if you wish to take advantage of receiving these rebates. Rebates will be processed automatically by Kiin Health on valid referral plans.
Private Health Funds
Many private health funds cover psychology services. Often medicare rebates need to be exhausted before private funds will rebate services. We issue invoices that need to be manually provided to private health funds for rebates.
Fees.
1
Individual Therapy
50 minutes
Private Session (no Medicare) = $250
Medicare session (with a referral and medicare treatment plan = $108.15
Medicare rebate = $141.85
2
Couples Therapy
50 minutes
Private Session (no Medicare) = $250
Medicare does not provide refunds for couples therapy
3
Family Therapy
50 minutes
Private Session (no Medicare) = $250
Medicare does not provide refunds for family therapy
4
Clinical Supervision
Clinical Endorsement Primary Supervisor
50 minute consultations
$250
General Clinical Supervision
50 minute consultations
$230
A Note about the Medicare Safety Net
The Medicare Safety Net is designed to help make it more affordable for people to receive private health care if they have multiple health issues and need a lot of care. Each year, Medicare automatically keeps a tally of all your Medicare-claimable services and counts your out of pocket costs (gap fees) towards the Medicare Extended Safety Net. Once your out of pocket costs each year (across all specialists, GPs and psychologists) reach a certain threshold amount, Medicare will pay back the usual rebate listed above PLUS 80% of the remaining gap fee for the rest of the year. You need to register with Medicare to have your family members counted as part of the same safety net threshold. Click here for more information.