As the GPs who consult from Blackburn Clinic are Independent Medical Practitioners, please see the individual DOCTOR’S PROFILE PAGE for further information regarding your GP and their fees.
The GPs who consult from Blackburn Clinic provide high quality care and are private billing (there will be an out of pocket expense).
Telehealth – eligibility for Medicare rebate
Patients are eligible for a Medicare Rebate for telehealth only if they have an established relationship with the medical practitioner performing the service. This is defined by the Australian Government as:
- the GP has provided at least one face-to-face service to the patient in the 12 months preceding the telehealth attendance; or
- the GP is located at a medical practice where the patient has had at least one face-to-face service at that practice in the 12 months preceding the telehealth attendance (including services performed by another doctor located at the practice, or a service performed by another health professional located at the practice, such as a practice nurse or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker); or
- is a participant in the Approved Medical Deputising Service program, and the Approved Medical Deputising Service provider employing the medical practitioner has a formal agreement with a medical practice that has provided at least one face-to-face service to the patient in the 12 months preceding the telehealth attendance.
- The established relationship requirement is a rolling requirement applying to every telehealth consultation. For each telehealth consultation, the patient must meet one of the eligibility requirements outline above, unless an eligible exemptions applies.
Department of Veterans Affairs patients
Patients who hold a DVA card are billed according to DVA Guidelines (see https://www.dva.gov.au/access-benefits/veteran-card). Visits by Gold card holders are almost always billed to DVA, while visits by White card holders can only be billed to DVA for eligible conditions.