CARE PLANS & HEALTH ASSESSMENTS

Mental Health Care Plans

They cover 10 sessions and are renewable 12 months after the issue of your last one.

Enhanced Primary Care Plan (EPC) - this enables people who have complex/chronic medical conditions, to claim a total of 5 sessions in one calendar year with any of the following: Aboriginal Health Worker, Audioiogist, Chiropractor, Diabetes Educator, Dietician, Exercise Physiologist, Mental Health Worker, Occupational Therapist, Osteopath and Physiotherapist, Podiatrist, Psychologist and Speech Pathologist.

Health Assessments

•        People aged 40 to 49 years (inclusive) with a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes

•        People between the age of 45 and 49 (inclusive)

•        People aged 75 years and older

•        People who have an intellectual disability

•        Permanent residents of a Residential Aged Care Facility

•        Co-ordinated Veteran Affairs Care Program

​•        Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Adults and Children