Our Services
Appointment Process
Call Yea Community Health on 5736 0448 to book an appointment.
Cost of Appointments
Yea & District Memorial Hospital charge fee / co-payment for its Community Health services.
Our fees are charged in accordance with the Victorian Department of Health & Human Services guidelines and will be discussed at the point of contact. Please see information below regarding the schedule of fees.
Note: YDMH is not a Registered NDIS provider and our Community Health staff are not Medicare service providers
Waiting Room
Whilst waiting for your appointment, please take a seat in the newly refurbished waiting room in the Grace Bennetts Centre, Miller Street corridor.
District Nursing
Click Here – For information about the Yea District Nursing Service
Fees
The structure of these fees is as follows:
Community Health schedule of fees (current June 2022)
|
Activity / population type |
Policy |
Fee payable | ||
| Low income Victorians | Medium income Victorians | High income Victorians | ||
| Financially dependent children | Parents of financially dependent children may be charged if they are not low income. | Nil | $15.60 | Full cost recovery |
| Health promotion and group activities | Agencies may charge a fee for group activities. | $7.90 | $7.90 | Full cost recovery |
| Community health nursing | Chargeable services | $10.30 | $15.60 | Full cost recovery |
| Counselling/casework consultations | No charge for low and medium income clients | Nil | Nil | Full cost recovery |
|
Allied health consultations provided by Yea Community Health · Dietetics · Diabetes Education · Paediatric Speech Pathology |
Chargeable services | $10.30 | $15.60 | Full cost recovery |
| Interpreting | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| Initial needs identification | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| Other services and items (such as report writing, court attendance, information material, secondary consultations) |
Where appropriate, such service fees may be charged even when associated with a service that does not attract a fee (e.g. counselling provided to a low income person). Fees should be levied in a manner consistent with the exemptions and capping provisions included in this policy. |
Agency may set fees | Agency may set fees | Agency may set fees |
Income ranges 2019
The Community Health income ranges are based on the Centrelink Income Test for pensioners.
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Low income |
Medium income |
High income |
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Individual |
< $39,089 |
> $39,089 |
< $86,208 |
> $86,208 |
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Couple |
< $59,802 |
> $59,802 |
< $115,245 |
> $115,245 |
|
Family (one child) |
< $66,009 |
> $66,009 |
< $118,546 |
> $118,546 |
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(plus $6,206 per additional child) |
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Waiting Lists
A waiting list may occur and priority is given to those with the highest assessed need.
Private Allied Health Services
Yea & District Memorial Hospital has some private providers utilising various spaces in our buildings, to help provide a range of healthcare services to our community. These services do not come under our Community Health Fee structure.
Fees and charges are in accordance with each individual service.
Please enquire about fees when making an appointment.
This includes, but is not limited to:
- Podiatry
- Physiotherapy
- Psychology