After a bulk billing psychologist beenleigh near Logan south of Brisbane?
Bulk billing under a Mental Health Care Plan is usually not an option, except in exceptional circumstances. The reason being that Medicare unfortunately froze Medicare CPI increases for about 7 years some years ago and this means that the rebate is below the cost possible for someone to offer a service. If they added that extra $50 back into the rebate, then more psychologists would offer these. We actively support all community action to regain and add back in this drop in our income so that we can offer bulk billing again!
But, like most professionals such as lawyers we may choose to offer an individual a significantly reduced rate like a bro bono service, IF and only IF we have the referral on file to review, IF the referral for 6-10 sessions will adequately finalise or significantly treatment the conditions listed and IF a suitably qualified clinician can be found.
We will need to have you also fill in more information on the hardship reason. We need your healthcare card number and for you to show this to us on your visit. If not a healthcare card then you will need to fill in information about the hardship reasons. We will send you an intake form to find out more. We need to know about whether it is crisis just now or indefinitely. These factors impact who might be best, or might accept or be open to take on your referral. For example there are times when less clients book and we might have more gaps. We have occasions when a clinician might agree to a reduced rate client in a time block that is often not booked as much.
Its important that we offer a service that addresses the referral and if we cannot then sometimes other services or other funding models are better for your situation. We seek to find the right and best treatment, not just throw mud at a wall and hope it helps!
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