FAQs
It is essential that you bring a current referral from your family doctor. Typically, a referral from your primary care physician (General practitioner) is vaild for 12 months and referrals from other specialists are valid for 3 months. A referral allows you to claim benefits from Medicare for eligible services.
We cannot submit medicare claims on your behalf without a valid referral. You will have to approach medicare to claim benefits. You will have to settle accounts on the day of consultation. We will not adjust date of service on invoices.
- Initial consultation - 30-60 minutes.
- Echo- 30-60 minutes.
- Stress testing - 30-60 minutes.
- Pacemaker check - 20-40 minutes.
- Holter monitor / Heart Bug initiation - 20-40 minutes.
We believe in accessible and affordable health care for all patients. For cardiology consultations, Echocardiogram and Stress Echocardiogram are usually bulk billed at our clinic for patients with a valid referral that confers to the updated MBS standards for cardiac imaging released on 1 August 2020.
The consulting fees are determined by individual doctors. Please contact the clinic for further information.
FAQs
Yes. If you do not have an eligible medicare card in Australia, we do not require a GP referral. Please check with your Health Insurance Company if they need a GPs referral to approve you claims for services accessed at our clinic. We will not back date invoices. 100% of fees will have to paid on the day of the service.