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.

To access services with AEDC, NDIS participants must be Self-Managed or Plan-Managed.

Agency-Managed Participants: Simply contact your NDIS coordinator and request a change to Self- or Plan-Management to begin services with us.

For assistance with accessing or managing your National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funding, please contact the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) directly on 1800 800 110.

Aspiration Education and Development Clinic (AEDC) is registered with most major Private Health Funds (e.g., Medibank, HCF, Bupa). These funds offer rebates for our psychological services, depending on your individual level of hospital and extras cover.

Before your first appointment, please:

• Check Your Coverage: Contact your fund to confirm your level of cover and the rebate amount for psychological services. Use Item Numbers 100, 200, and 950 for specific consultation types.
• Payment: The full session fee is payable on the day of your appointment.
• Claiming: AEDC will issue you a private health fund payment receipt, which you will need to submit directly to your fund for processing.