At Able Kids Therapy, we are committed to providing a professional service and that includes when it comes to providing information on our clinic’s fee structure as outlined below.
Services Cost
Initial consultation cost is $290.98 and ongoing therapy sessions are $193.99.
Payment must be made at the time of service for Private and NDIS Self Managed clients.
Charges for Reporting, Resources and other support
At Able Kids Therapy, our therapists take time to prepare and be part of their clients support team. We may require additional time to prepare documentation, liaise with parents, other health care providers, educators and consultants. The fees charged for this preparation and support will be charged in addition to the hourly session rate on a pro-rata basis in line with the NDIS Pricing Arrangements.
Charge for Travel
We often recognise the best place for early intervention therapy is to deliver services in the natural environment and therefore you may choose to receive therapy sessions in a place that works best for you.
If service delivery is required in a different settling outside of our clinic, such as your home, school, local community or child care, your therapist will be required to travel to deliver this service.
Travel will be billed to and from the location where the service will be provided. Note our maximum rate for travel is 30mins.
The service items that providers can claim travel costs for are listed in the NDIS Support Catalogue.
Private Health Fund Rebates
Both Speech Pathology and Occupational Therapy sessions are claimable from most private health care funds. To see if your private health care covers these, please contact them regarding their rebates on the following codes 100, 200, 310 and 350.
Medicare
An Allied Health Care Plan is a plan which allows you to claim a Medicare rebate on up to 5 sessions in a calendar year.
You can ask your GP if your child is eligible for this plan. This plan gives a rebate of $56.00 for each session (as of September 2022).
Please note full payment for each appointment is required on the day, we do not Bulk Bill. Cost for your initial appointment will be $290.98 and ongoing appointments are $193.99.
Please bring your Medicare card so we can process the rebate electronically.
NDIS
Able Kids Therapy works with clients who are participants of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). At this time, we provide services to NDIS participants who are self-managed, plan-managed or NDIA agency managed.
Cancellations
At Able Kids Therapy, our goal is to provide high quality evidence-based Speech and Occupational Therapy services for all clients. To assist with this, we have an appointment and cancellation policy. This policy allows us to better utilize available appointments for our clients and to be appropriately prepared for all our appointments. As a practice we are committed to providing a high standard of service for all families by ensuring our therapists’ daily workloads are capped at an appropriate level.
We acknowledge that our clients and their families face multiple demands on their time and that appointments may need to be cancelled on occasion. Cancelling your appointment ahead of time allows us to reschedule another client for the session time.
Cancellation fees are not intended as a penalty however they are necessary to ensure that we can operate efficiently and provide all our clients with a quality service.
Cancellations Fees
If you are unable to attend your appointment, please contact us as soon as possible and at least 48 hours before your scheduled appointment to avoid a Cancellation Fee.
In the event that you do not provide us with 48 hours’ notice, or you fail to attend the appointment, a Cancellation Fee will apply.
The Cancellation Fee will be charged at 100% of the value of the planned support, including any travel for the session.
In the case of an emergency, the cancellation fee will be waived for new clients or for the first failed appointment for current clients.
Please note that our Cancellation Policy is outlined in our Service Agreement and must be read and signed before ongoing appointments can proceed.
In the event that Little Legends Occupational Therapy need to cancel your appointment, we will provide you with as much notice as possible. This would only occur in exceptional circumstances, such as your therapist being unwell.
Code of Conduct
All therapists are current members of The Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or Speech Pathology Australia Association (SPAR).
It sets out the standards of professional conduct the National Boards expect and is used by Boards to evaluate therapists’ conduct. Occupational Therapists have a professional responsibility to be familiar with and to apply this code.
If you are receiving care or treatment from one of our therapists, they are covered by this code and it will help you understand the behaviour you can expect.
A full copy of the APRAH Code of Conduct can be accessed using the following link https://www.ahpra.gov.au/Resources/Code-of-conduct/Shared-Code-of-conduct.aspx