Belmont Bulkbilling & Family Medical Clinic is an accredited family owned practice.

Billing

  • All consultations Monday - Friday will be bulkbilled for all existing patients.

  • Weekend and Public Holidays mixed billing applies. Standard consultations for private patients are $85 and payable at the time of consultation. Pensioners, concession card holders, full time students and children 16 & under will be bulkbilled.

  • All patients must produce a valid Medicare, Veteran Affairs Card, Pension, Concession or Healthcare Card to every consultation

  • We will bill TAC directly for patients with a valid claim and known TAC claim number

  • Work Cover patients are welcome, but will be required to pay privately for their visits

  • Some services such as Pre-Employment Medicals are not rebate-able through Medicare and therefore must be paid privately on the day of consultation. If unsure, check with reception for details.

New Patient Joining- Registration Fee

  • $85 is payable at your first visit. This is a combination of Practice fee and consultation fee from the Doctor. You will obtain a medicare rebate of $41.40.

    (This applies to all consultations Including children, students, pensioners) This payment is to made on the day of consultation.

Fees (Not paid by Medicare)

  • A fee will be charged to those who do not present with a valid Medicare, Veteran's, or Allianz OSHC Card

  • $85.00 for standard consultation on Weekdays and Weekends

  • Work Cover rates are $85.00 for standard consultations.

  • Pre-employment medicals, paperwork, forms and reports cannot be charged through Medicare. Basic paperwork starts at $100. Please confirm specific cost with reception prior to seeing the doctor.

Emergencies & After Hours

  • If you are experiencing chest pains please call an ambulance on 000

  • An After Hours on call doctor is available after 6:00 pm each night on (03) 5241 3581.

  • An upfront fee of $250 applies as this service is not bulkbilled. Additional services (suturing etc) are charged at the practice fee rate. A private account, reflecting the out of pocket cost, will be issued to Medicare on behalf of the patient for claiming purposes.

Wait Times

  • Patients are able to nominate specific doctors, however some may incur longer wait times and it is advisable to see the next available doctor

  • We strive to make waiting times as short as possible and nursing staff will triage patients based on the urgency of their condition, with an increase of patients to our clinic in recent weeks the wait time can be extreme. We offer the service of texting patients to return to the clinic when it is almost their time.

  • It can is impossible to judge the wait time. We appreciate your patience and understanding regarding this.

Test Results

  • It is the responsibility of each patient to follow up on all ordered test results

  • Investigations can only be discussed with Doctors, staff are unable to provide results.

  • If you would like to know or discuss your results, you are welcome to see any doctor on duty