• Cervical Screening Tests
• ECG
• Health Assessments
• Immunisations
• Minor operations and procedures
• Pathology
• Pre-employment medicals
• Travel Medicine
• Spirometry
• Mental Health Workers

We are a private billing practice.

General Practitioners at Campaspe Medical Centre operate independently and are free to set their own fees for the services they provide.

All privately billed patients are required to pay the full fee on the day of their consultation. We accept payment for our fees via Cash, Cheque, EFTPOS and Credit Card. We have installed the latest software technology, which allows us to send your claim through to Medicare Online, for eligible patients Medicare will reimburse you within 7 days. They pay your benefit into the bank account you’ve registered with Medicare, if you are unsure of what details you have registered, you will need to log onto your Medicare online account or call/visit your local Centrelink/Medicare Hub and follow the prompts.

New patients will need to ring our reception team to organise an initial consultation. At this stage, we are currently not accepting new patients.

Fees can vary, based on the length of time taken for each consultation, the complexity and the determination of the individual doctor.

Additional information on our consultation fees is available at reception.

For standard consultations, medicare billing, ( ie bulk billing) is available to current Age / Disability Support Pensionand DVA Gold card-holders and to those under 16 years.

• Surgical and other procedures incur an additional practice fee payment

• Payment is required in full on the day of consultation

Please notify us if you are unable to keep your appointment a minimum of 12 hours prior, to avoid a $70 cancellation fee.

Practice Policy

The Extended Medicare Safety Net can help to lower your out-of-pocket medical costs for out of hospital services.

We recommended that all patients register with Medicare  as a family or couple so that your out-of-pocket costs are counted together towards the Extended Medicare Safety Net thresholds and the PBS Safety Net thresholds.

The threshold is calculated over the calendar year (1 January to 31 December) and resets on the 1st January. 

If you are registered, once you, your partner and children have spent over the threshold amount, the Medicare rebate for subsequent services will increase, meaning that the Government will give you back more for any consultation, investigation or procedure under the MBS for the remainder of the calendar year.

Any service that attracts an MBS rebate - out of hospital counts towards this safety net. 

NOTE FOR SINGLES they do NOT have to register it gets calculated automatically. 

Thresholds as of January 2023

What does this mean for you and your family?

You see a doctor for a Standard Consultation. Before reaching the threshold, you will pay a private fee of $88.00 and receive a Medicare rebate of $39.75. Your out-of-pocket cost is $48.30.

If you have reached the threshold, you will pay a private fee of $88.00 and receive a Medicare rebate of $39.75 + 80% of the gap – a total of $78.35.

Your total out of pocket cost for that consultation is now only $9.65.

PBS Safety Net thresholds for prescription medication

The PBS Safety Net for medicines is a separate scheme. Once you or your family spend a certain amount on PBS medicine you’ll reach the PBS Safety Net threshold.

The threshold is calculated over the calendar year (1 January to 31 December) and resets on the 1st January. 

On 1 January 2023, the PBS Safety Net thresholds were updated to:

• $262.80 for concession card holders (about 36 PBS medication scripts)

• $1,563.50 for everyone else in Medicare (about 52 PBS medication scripts)

What does this mean for you and your family?

Before you meet the threshold, each medicine will cost up to:

• $7.30 for concession card holders

• $30.00 for everyone else in Medicare

If a pharmacist offers you a different brand of the same medicine, they may have different prices. If you choose a more different brand it may cost you more than the scheduled PBS price.

Once you reach the threshold, you’ll need to apply for a PBS Safety Net card to get cheaper medicines. Please speak to your pharmacist for more information.

• Telehealth/Phone Consultation allows you to consult a healthcare provider by video/phone call. Our practice can provide telephone consultations if you do not require to physically see the doctor. To organise a telehealth consultation, please contact the clinic to arrange your appointment.

  Telehealth Consultation:

  - Make sure the practice has your correct number or email address.

  - Check your phone/computer camera is working at least 10 minutes prior to the consultation.

  - Write down a list of things you wish to discuss and have a pen handy to write down instructions.

  - Have your medications in front of you and know which pharmacy you usually go to for scripts.

  - Your doctor will SMS a link to your mobile phone once they are ready for you. If you do not have a smartphone, the link can be sent to your email address.

  - Please stay by your phone and watch out for our message - be available for up to 45 mins post your appointment time.

  - Click the link and follow the prompts, the link will take you to a safe encrypted network called Healthdirect. Your doctor will be waiting for you in the virtual waiting room.

  - If you get disconnected, please wait for us to return the call.

  - After your consult is completed, reception will contact you back for payment.

  Phone Consultation:

  - Make sure the practice has your correct number.

  - Check your phone is working at least 10 minutes prior to the consultation.

  - Write down a list of things you wish to discuss and have a pen handy to write down instructions.

  - Have your medications in front of you and know which pharmacy you usually go to for scripts.

  - Please stay by your phone and watch out for our call - be available for up to 45 mins post your appointment time.

  - Your doctor will call your mobile phone from a "no-caller ID" number.

  - If you get disconnected, please wait for us to return the call.

  - After your consult is completed, the GP will transfer the call through to reception OR reception will contact you back for payment.

  To access a Medicare rebate for phone and video consults, you must have been seen face to face in the clinic during the past 12 months. If not, there will be a private $85 out of pocket fee. If you are unsure if you are eligible, please contact your practice, as your doctor may need to see you in person.

  Other Telehealth / Phone Consultations:

• Can be used for Work Cover and TAC consults.

• GP Management Plans (Care Plans) can only be done as a video consult (not phone), as per Medicare.

• An initial Mental Health Plan can only be done as a video consult (not phone), as per Medicare.

• Mental Health Plan reviews can be done as a video or phone consult, as per Medicare.