| Item |
Benefits |
Yearly Limit |
*Optical
(including tinting/contact lenses) |
75% of the cost of up to
$150 |
$150 per person $450 per
family |
| *Optical
Repairs |
100% of
the cost of up to $60 |
$100 per
person $300 per family |
*Chiropractic/Osteopathic
(combined limit) |
$25 per consultation
$50 for first x-ray
$35 family/group conc. |
$450 per person $800 per
family |
| *Physiotherapy |
$30 initial consultation
$25 subsuquent consultations |
$500 per person $1000 per
family |
*Speech,Eye
and Occupational Therapy, Eye Therapy,Audiology,
Audiometry(combined
limit)
|
$25 per consultation |
$500 per person $1000 per
family |
*Podiatry
|
$22 per service |
$450 per person $900 per
family |
*Ambulance
Fee payable for emergency
ambulance transport only |
100% of the cost of up to
$2000 |
$2000 per person |
*Visiting
Nursing Service
Attendance by a registered nurse at the
direction of a medical practitioner. Benefits
are not payable for treatment provided by
a mothercraft nurse whether registered or
not. |
$20 less than 6 hours
$50 for more than 6 hours |
$450 per person $900 per
family |
*Pharmacy
Benefits
Private prescriptions (not available under
NHS/PBS) |
Up to $20 after a deduction
of the first $15 of any prescription cost
|
$450 per person $900 per
family |
| *Hearing Aids |
50% of the cost of up to
$500 |
$500 per person every two
years |
| *Hearing Aid Repairs
|
100% of the cost of up to
$75 |
$150 per person per year
|
*Dietitian
|
$25 per consultation |
$500 per person
$1000 per family |
*Psychology
|
75% of cost up to $30 per
consultation for individuals, 100% of cost
up to $55 for family group sessions |
$500 per person $1000 per
family |
*Acupuncture
|
$25 per consultation |
$500 per person $1000 per
family |
*Alternative
Therapies
Aromatherapy, Homeopathy, Massage, Myotherapy,
Naturopathy, Remedial Therapy, Traditional
Chinese Herbalist /Medicine,Western Herbal
medicine (combined limit).No additional
benefits are payable for herbal remedies
or other prescribed treatments or medicines.
|
$25 per consultation |
$400 per person $800 per
family |
Clinical
Air Pumps/Nebulisers
For the purchase of one clinical air pump
when recommended by a medical practitioner.
Only payable on approved brands which satisfy
the criteria set down by the Asthma Foundation
of Victoria.
Telephone: (03) 9861 5666 |
$150 per person |
$200 per person every two
years |
Blood Glucose
Monitors
Payable only on monitors purchased through
Diabetes Australia or a qualified diabetes
educator when recommended by a medical
practitioner.
Phone 1300 136 588
|
Up to $200
per person |
$200 per
person every two years |
Medical
Appliances and Prostheses
Items not covered under the benefits payable
in respect of Surgically Implanted Prostheses,
Human Tissue Items and other Medical Devices
and other attachments. (This does not include
hire of medical equipment, crutches, wheel
chairs etc.) |
70% of cost up to maximum
benefit of $250 every two years per item. |
$500 per year |
