Fees and Rebates

Better Access to Mental Health Care (referral needed from GP)

Medicare rebates are available through Better Access to Mental Health Care for up to ten individual and ten group allied mental health services per calendar year to patients with an assessed mental disorder who are referred by:

A GP managing the patient under a GP Mental Health Treatment Plan or

Under a referred psychiatrist assessment and management plan or

A psychiatrist or paediatrician.

If you wish to access the Medicare rebate, you will need to arrange a Mental Health Treatment Plan, along with a referral letter for Aspiration Education and Development Clinic (Cindy Hsiang), with your GP, prior to your appointment.

Through Better Access to Mental Health Care (a rebate of $84.50 per appointment), up to ten individual sessions per calendar year to clients with an assessed mental disorder are available.

Some Things to Remember:

Please bring your Mental Health Treatment Plan, along with a referral letter to Cindy Hsiang, with you on the day of your initial appointment.

The full session fee will be payable on the day of your appointment. We can then process the Medicare rebate for you.

Following the initial six Medicare sessions with AEDC, your practitioner will send your referring GP a progress report. Once the report has been sent, you will need to obtain a new referral from your GP if you wish to utilise the remaining four rebates.

Please note that Medicare rebates do not apply with some practitioners and services at AEDC including social skills programs. Please contact us for further information.

Helping Children with Autism (referral needed from Pediatrician or Psychiatrist)

Under the Helping Children with Autism program, a child can be referred by a consultant paediatrician or psychiatrist for the following allied health services:

Up to four diagnostic / assessment services from psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, audiologists, optometrists, orthoptists or physiotherapists to assist the referring practitioner with diagnosis or to contribute to a child’s treatment and management plan (for a child under 13 years of age).

Up to twenty treatment services from psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, audiologists, optometrists, orthoptists or physiotherapists (for a child under 15 years of age, providing a treatment and management plan is in place before their 13th birthday).

Please note that Medicare rebates do not apply with some practitioners and services at AEDC including social skills programs. Please contact us for further information.

Better Start for Children with Disability (referral needed from Pediatrician or Psychiatrist)

Children with an eligible disability can be referred by a GP, specialist or consultant physician for the following allied health services through Better Start for Children with Disability:

Up to four diagnostic/assessment services from psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, audiologists, optometrists, orthoptists or physiotherapists to assist the referring practitioner with diagnosis or to contribute to a child’s treatment and management plan (for a child under 13 years of age).

Up to twenty treatment services from psychologists, speech pathologists, occupational therapists, audiologists, optometrists, orthoptists or physiotherapists (for a child under 15 years of age, providing a treatment and management plan is in place before their 13th birthday).

Please note that Medicare rebates do not apply with some practitioners and services at AEDC including social skills programs. Please contact us for further information.

NDIS participants must be self-managed or plan-managed to access services with AEDC. If the participant’s funding is agency managed, simply contact the participant’s NDIS coordinator and request a change in funding type.

Contact the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) on 1800 800 110 for help accessing National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funding.

Aspiration Education and Development Clinic is registered with most private health funds (e.g. Medibank, HCF, Bupa), who offer rebates for psychological services depending on your level of coverage. Please contact your fund provider to discuss your level of cover.

Some Things to Remember:

• Please check your level of coverage prior to your initial appointment (Item Numbers 100, 200 and 950 for psychological services).
• The full session fee will be payable on the day of your appointment. AEDC will issue you with a private health fund payment receipt, which you will need to forward to your private health fund for processing.