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 patients are $85 and payable at the time of consultation. Pensioners, concession card holders, full time students and children 16 & under with a valid medicare card will be bulkbilled.

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

  • TAC and Workcover patients are welcome, but will be required to pay for their visits. You can claim this back from your insurer.

  • 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

  • WEEKDAYS $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 $42.85

  • WEEKENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. New patients will need to register with the clinic at a one off cost of $50. Standard consultation is $85 with a medicare rebate between $42.85 & $53.90. Both fees are payable on the day.

Fees (Not paid by Medicare)

  • A fee will be charged to those who do not present with a valid Medicare, Veteran's card.

  • $85.00 for standard consultation on Weekdays and Weekends.

  • Work Cover /TAC rates are $85.00 for standard consultations.

  • Pre-employment medicals, paperwork, forms and reports cannot be charged through Medicare. Basic reports start 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 request a certain doctor, however some may have extremely long wait times. When the Doctor feels they have reached their capacity for the day they will stop taking requests. You will be advised to see the next available doctor or come back on another day.

  • We strive to make waiting times as short as possible, but this is not always a reality. Nursing staff will triage patients based on the urgency of their condition. Due to the increase of patients to our clinic the wait time can be extreme. Once you have checked in in-person with reception, you may leave the clinic and we text you when you are 5th in line to return to the clinic, we expect you are no further than 5 minutes away.

  • It can is impossible for our staff to judge the wait time, we do not know what anyone is here for. We appreciate your patience and understanding regarding this.

Test Results

  • We request patients return to the clinic 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