- Address: 45 Station St Yea, VIC 3717
- Email: yeahospital@ydmh.org.au
- Phone: (03) 5736 0400
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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
* YDMH is not a Registered NDIS provider and our Community Health staff are not Medicare service providers
Our Diabetes Educator is a registered nurse who has additional training in caring for and supporting teaching people with Type 1, 2 or gestational diabetes. Preventing side effects & complications is best achieved with a long term self-management partnership plan which can be developed during the consultation. Tele medicine support also available with specialists.
A Diabetes Educator should be seen when you are first diagnosed, or at any time when additional support might benefit. This may include at different life stages, changes in medication or worsening blood glucose control.
No referral is required
Appointments are available for the services which are delivered off site at Yea & District Children’s Centre (Alt Wednesdays term time) & Kinglake Children’s Centre (Thursdays term time).
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 |
|
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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A waiting list may occur and priority is given to those with the highest assessed need.
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:
Yea and District Hospital is committed to enhancing the health status of the community it serves through the achievement of clinical excellence and the provision of high quality health services.