Medicare CDM exercise physiology in Canberra.
Up to 5 Medicare-rebated exercise physiology sessions per calendar year with a GP Chronic Disease Management plan. Ask your GP about a Team Care Arrangement, it's a straightforward referral that costs you nothing.
- Up to 5 Medicare-rebated sessions/year
- GP CDM referral required
- T2DM, OA, cardiovascular & more
- $63.40 rebate claimed on the spot
Medicare CDM, the basics.
A Medicare Chronic Disease Management (CDM) plan is written by your GP when you have a chronic condition expected to last 6 months or more. As part of a Team Care Arrangement (TCA), it entitles you to up to 5 Medicare-rebated allied health sessions per calendar year.
Exercise Physiology is one of the eligible allied health services under CDM. Your $63.40 Medicare rebate is claimed on the spot each session, you pay on the day and the rebate lands straight back in your account.
How to get a CDM referral: Tell your GP you'd like to see an Exercise Physiologist. They write a CDM plan and a Team Care Arrangement. You bring this to your first appointment at Fitness & Wellbeing Physiology, or your GP can fax/email it directly.
Conditions that commonly qualify
- Type 2 diabetes and pre-diabetes
- Cardiovascular disease, post-MI, post-stent, heart failure
- Chronic musculoskeletal conditions, osteoarthritis, chronic LBP
- Mental health conditions, depression, anxiety (with appropriate GP referral)
- Obesity and metabolic syndrome
- Hypertension
- Neurological conditions, MS, Parkinson's, post-stroke
If you're unsure whether your condition qualifies, ask your GP, they make the determination.
Why do your Medicare sessions here.
A Medicare care plan gives you five allied health sessions a year. Most people never use them, and many who do get five disconnected appointments that lead nowhere. I treat those five sessions as a project: a clear assessment, a plan aimed at the goals on your GP's care plan, and measurable progress reported back to your doctor after the first and final session, because that is both what Medicare requires and what good care looks like.
The money is simple and published: each session is $150, GST free, with your $63.40 Medicare rebate processed on the spot, leaving $86.60 out of pocket. No surprise gap, no pressure to buy more than the plan provides.
How it works from here.
- Ask your GP about a Chronic Disease Management plan naming exercise physiology
- Book online or call 0418 153 608, bring or email the referral
- First session: full assessment plus the start of your program, and your GP gets a report
- Sessions build week to week, and your GP gets a closing report with results, not vibes
If you are not sure whether your condition qualifies, call me. I will give you a straight answer, and if a care plan is not the right fit I will tell you that too.
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