Medicare Funded Rebate Teletherapy Services
Teletherapy may be a flexible service delivery option for your child and your family:
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If you have a Medicare referral from your general practitioner,
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You would like to use the Medicare Funded Rebate for therapeutic intervention,
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If there are no services offered or extensive waitlists in your area.
To read the benefits of Teletherapy as described by Occupational Therapy Association, click here.
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Teletherapy Intervention Sessions
We offer a range of interventions that support the development of your child's skills that include:
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Social Skills: online activities, videos and boardgames,
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Gross Motor Skills: rhythmic movements, primitive reflex integration, and functional movements,
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Fine Motor Skills: playdoh, theraputty, craft, duplo and lego,
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Executive Functioning Skills: participating in intervention activities and schedule planning.
What to Expect
An email the Zoom link and session plan is sent out the week before the appointment.
Any additional resources required, will be discussed with the parents or caregivers before the next appointment.
Teletherapy Session Fees
Medicare allocates 20 sessions to a person during their lifetime under the Complex Neurodevelopmental Disorder and Eligible Disability Services (formerly known as Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorder or Disability Services and the Better Start and Helping Children with Autism Programs).
The Medicare rebate is $92.95 per session, of which $79.05 is deposited directly into your bank account.
Intervention sessions are weekly or fortnightly, with the duration of therapy session being 45 or 60 minutes.
Intervention session fees are $193.99 per hour, plus 15 minutes of clinical documentation (which is the NDIS standard rate) to maintain consistency across funding programs.
The intervention session fee is to be paid immediately after the appointment using the secure credit card payment called Stripe.
As a specialised paediatric service, our focus is on therapeutic intervention, therefore we are unable to assist with NDIS eligibility, equipment prescription, home and car modification and applications for supported independent living options and individualised living options.
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