Community health fees schedule and income ranges

Key messages

The Department of Health fee schedule and income ranges provide a basis for calculating fees for community health services.
The department indexes fees and income levels in January each year.
The schedule of fees breaks fees down by activity, population type, policy, and the fees payable for low, medium and high income Victorians.
Even if a consumer has declared that they are in a particular income level, mitigating circumstances may affect the consumer's ability to pay a fee. In these cases, consumers have the right to have the fee reduced or waived.
No one can be denied a service because they are not able to pay fees.

Activity / population type	Policy	Fee payable
Activity / population type	Policy	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 Podiatry Physiotherapy Speech Therapy Dietetics Audiology Occupational therapy	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, orthotics, 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

The Community Health income ranges are based on the Centrelink Income Test for pensioners.

Reviewed 04 November 2022

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Primary and Community Health Unit