Mental Health Treatment Plan
A mental health care plan is a support plan for someone who is going through mental health issues. If a doctor agrees that you need additional support, you and the doctor will make the plan together.
With a GP mental health treatment plan, the Government will give you back some of the cost of your session. If you have not already obtained a GP Mental Health Care treatment Plan, attend your GP for a long consult to discuss the issues you are facing.
Your doctor might ask you to fill out a questionnaire about how you’ve been feeling to work out the best support for you.
Your GP will then determine if you qualify for a GP Mental Health Treatment Plan. This involves the GP in: assessment, identifying needs, setting and agreeing on management goals, identifying any action to be taken, selecting appropriate treatment options, and arranging ongoing management and documentation of this plan.
Your doctor will lodge the GP Mental Health Treatment Plan (Item 2710) with Medicare. This lodgement opens your account with Medicare for 10 individual sessions & 10 group sessions. Once lodged, you may attend your appointments for up to 20 services in a calendar year. A review of a GP Mental Health Care Plan (Item 2712) will take place after 6 sessions or when treatment is finished. *Since August, 2020 a Pandemic relief Extra 10 sessions have been added to the service offering each calendar year.
With a GP mental health treatment plan, the Government will give you back some of the cost of your session. If you have not already obtained a GP Mental Health Care treatment Plan, attend your GP for a long consult to discuss the issues you are facing.
Your doctor might ask you to fill out a questionnaire about how you’ve been feeling to work out the best support for you.
Your GP will then determine if you qualify for a GP Mental Health Treatment Plan. This involves the GP in: assessment, identifying needs, setting and agreeing on management goals, identifying any action to be taken, selecting appropriate treatment options, and arranging ongoing management and documentation of this plan.
Your doctor will lodge the GP Mental Health Treatment Plan (Item 2710) with Medicare. This lodgement opens your account with Medicare for 10 individual sessions & 10 group sessions. Once lodged, you may attend your appointments for up to 20 services in a calendar year. A review of a GP Mental Health Care Plan (Item 2712) will take place after 6 sessions or when treatment is finished. *Since August, 2020 a Pandemic relief Extra 10 sessions have been added to the service offering each calendar year.
Medicare Rebates
Since 1 November, 2006 the Australian Government introduced new Medicare items to cover OTs under better access to mental health scheme. This means that with a GP mental health care plan the Government will give you back some of the cost of your session and the scope of services that fall under this scheme is vast.
You may be eligible for a Medicare rebate per consultation. To receive this rebate you must be referred by a General Practitioner under Mental Health Care Plan (GP Item 2710).
You may be eligible for a Medicare rebate per consultation. To receive this rebate you must be referred by a General Practitioner under Mental Health Care Plan (GP Item 2710).
Private Health Fund
Many private health funds offer rebates for psychological, Occupational Therapy and Counselling services. Please check rebate details with your health fund. You cannot claim from both Medicare and Private Health Fund for the same consultation session.