Fees and Rebates

We offer psychological services from several different referral pathways and therefore our fee structures can vary, which is outlined below. We understand that this may be confusing, please contact us if you have any questions.

All standard consultations are approximately 50 minutes in duration.

Our standard consultation fee is $222.99.

If you require an appointment that falls outside a standard consultation our psychologist will discuss this with you prior to making the appointment.

All fees must be paid at the time of your appointment.

Please note: If you are a plan-managed NDIS participant you will NOT be billed. Our invoice is sent to the relevant NDIS organisation managing your plan for payment.

Medicare

Medicare offer a rebate of $96.65 if you receive psychological services under a Mental Health Care Plan, Eating Disorder Treatment Plan, or require Assessment, Diagnosis, and/or Treatment Plan for Complex Neurodevelopmental Disorders or Other Eligible Disabilities.

The Medicare rebate will be processed for you at the time of your appointment. Please allow up to 24 hours for the rebate to appear in your account.

There are four different types of referral plans that are eligible to receive a Medicare rebate:

Mental Health Care Plan
Eating Disorder Treatment Plan
Assessment, Diagnosis, and/or Treatment Plan for Complex Neurodevelopmental Disorders or for other Eligible Disabilities
Chronic Disease Management Plan (rebate is different, see below).

For eligibility to receive support under these schemes offered by Medicare you will need to make an appointment with your General Practitioner, Paediatrician or Psychiatrist and request they complete a care plan for you. You may either email the plan to enquiries@autumnleafpsychology.com.auprior to your appointment or bring it along to your first appointment.

Mental Health Care Plan

Medicare introduced the ‘Better Access to Mental Health Initiative’ to increase support for people struggling with a mental health condition.

Initially you will be able to access 6 Medicare rebated appointments. At the end of these appointments your psychologist will write a progress report related to your treatment goals which will be sent to the doctor who referred you. You will then be eligible to obtain a re-referral from your doctor for an additional 4 rebated appointments.

Under this plan you can access a total of 10 Medicare rebated appointments with your psychologist per calendar year.

Complex Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Other Eligible Disabilities

Medicare offer support for the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for people with a Complex Neurodevelopmental Disorder who are under 25 years of age.

Eligible disabilities who are able to access support under this plan include:

Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sight loss resulting in vision of less than or equal to 6/18 vision or equivalent field loss in the better eye, with correction
Hearing loss with either: a hearing loss of 40 decibels or greater in the better ear, across 4 frequencies, or permanent conductive hearing loss and auditory neuropathy
Deafblindness
Cerebral palsy
Down syndrome
Fragile X syndrome
Prader-Willi syndrome
Williams syndrome
Angelman syndrome
Kabuki syndrome
Smith-Magenis syndrome
CHARGE syndrome
Cri du Chat syndrome
Cornelia de Lange syndrome
Microcephaly, if a child has: a head circumference less than the third percentile for age and sex, or a functional level at or below 2 standard deviations below the mean for age on a standard development test or an IQ score of less than 70 on a standardised test of intelligence
Rett’s disorder
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
22q deletion syndrome

Eating Disorder Treatment Plan

This scheme was introduced by Medicare to increase support for people who struggle with an eating disorder.

Initially you will be able to access 10 Medicare rebated appointments. At the end of these appointments your psychologist will write a progress report related to your treatment goals which will be sent to the doctor who referred you. Following a review with your doctor they may issue a re-referral making you eligible to receive a further 10 Medicare rebated appointments.

In some cases, following a review with your general practitioner along with a psychiatrist or paediatrician you may then be eligible to receive a further 20 rebated appointments, issued in lots of 10.

Please note. We recommend that you consider booking an appointment with your specialist consultant (psychiatrist or paediatrician) after your first Eating Disorder Treatment Plan review with your general practitioner, as many specialist consultants have long wait times for appointments. This review can be completed any time between session 11 & 20.

Under this plan you can access a total of 40 Medicare rebated appointments, which are issued in lots of 10 appointments. This plan is active for a 12-month period from the plan issuing date.

Chronic Disease Management Plan

Medicare introduced this plan to offer support for people with chronic or terminal medical conditions.

Chronic medical conditions are those that have been, or are likely to be present for at least six months. This includes asthma, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, kidney disease, musculoskeletal conditions, and stroke.

There is no list of eligible conditions, however, the Chronic Disease Management Plan is designed for people who require a structured approach to managing their condition, including those requiring ongoing care from a multidisciplinary team.

If your chronic or terminal medical condition requires the care from a multidisciplinary team, from your general practitioner and at least two other health care providers then you are eligible for Medicare rebates for certain allied health services such as psychology upon a referral from your general practitioner.

A referral is valid for the stated number of services. If all services are not used during the calendar year, the unused services can be used in the next calendar year however, those services will be counted towards the five rebates for allied health services available to you during that calendar year.

It is possible to receive up to 5 rebated appointments of $60.35 each under the Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Plan if your general practitioner determines that you are eligible and best managed under this plan.

National Disability Insurance Scheme

Autumn Leaf Psychology can support NDIS participants who are either self-managed or plan-managed.

Self-managed participants

Participants who are self-managing their plan will be required to pay our fee of $222.99 at the time of the appointment. You will be provided with a receipt so you can claim the expense against your plan using the myplace participant portal.

Plan-managed participants

Participants who have a plan manager assisting them will NOT be required to pay a fee at the time of the appointment. Autumn Leaf Psychology will send invoices directly to your plan manager. The plan manager will process the payment through the myplace provider portal and will pay the fee directly to Autumn Leaf Psychology, so you don’t have worry about payment.

Private Health Insurance

Rebates are available from most health funds for consultations with a psychologist, providing you have an extra benefits coverage. Please check with your health fund to ascertain your level of coverage and rebate amount. You will be provided with a receipt at the time of your appointment in order to make a claim with your insurer.