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FEES FOR PEAK HEALTH TARANAKI GENERAL PRACTICES FROM 1 JULY 2007

Some medical centres are government funded at a higher level than others, based on their population and the level of fees that the medical centre charges. There are three levels of funding, Interim, Low Cost Access and Very Low Cost Access.

The fees for Interim funded medical centres are in Table 1.

Currently the PHO has no Low Cost Access Medical Centres.

Very Low Cost Access medical centres have agreed to keep their fees at or below a low-fee threshold. They receive an extra funding allowance from the government for doing this. The fees for Very Low Cost Access medical centres are in Table 2.

The following fee information is for a standard GP consultation. A standard GP consultation is a consultation with a General Practitioner for a standard length of time within normal business hours. It may include any normal tests or examinations carried out as part of that consultation. The table shows the standard consultation fee for patients of different age groups enrolled with one of the Peak Health Taranaki's medical centres.

Scroll down to the end of the fees tables for more information about enrolling with Peak Health Taranaki.

Medical centres may charge extra for:

* accounts not paid on the day of consultation * for longer consultations or additional services provided * for patients who are not enrolled with them (casual patients) * for after hours consultations * for patients who are enrolled but not yet funded through that medical centre

Current Fees Charged

The fees in Table 1 relate to Peak Health Taranaki's Interim Funded Medical Centres

Table 1

Company Name	Fees (6-17)	Fees A3 (18-24)	Fees A3 (25-44)	Fees A3 (45-64)	Fees P (65+)
Avon Medical Centre	14	18	35	35	35
CAREfirst.Co	18	38	41	41	35
Puriri Clinic	20	32	32	32	32
Dr Marie Fonseka	23	30	30	30	30
Eastside Medical Centre	22	40	40	40	40
Eltham Medical Centre	19	22	34	35	34
Mangorei Medical Clinic	22	35	40	40	35
Medicross Taranaki Ltd	25	30	30	30	22
Moturoa Medical Centre	23	25	30	32	32
Oakura Medical Centre	26	40	42	45	40
Regan Street Health Centre	25	27	40	40	40
Strandon Health	21	22	40	40	35
Vivian Medical Centre	24	38	40	40	37

The fees in Table 2 relate to Peak Health Taranaki's Very Low Cost Access Medical Centres

Table 2

Company Name	Fees (6-17)	Fees A3 (18-24)	Fees A3 (25-44)	Fees A3 (45-64)	Fees P (65+)
Dr Gerard Radich	11.50	17	17	17	17
Opunake Medical Centre	11.50	17	17	17	17
Waitara Health Centre	11.50	17	17	17	17

*Enrolment takes place at your usual family medical centre - the staff there will talk with you about enrolment, what it involves and what it means for you and your family. * You can only enrol with one medical centre. * Being enrolled with a PHO means that government funding is made available to your family medical centre to care for you and your family. * Enrolment intakes are done on a quarterly basis, which means that if you enrol part way through a quarter, funding will not be available to the medical centre until the beginning of the next quarter.

If you enrol during a quarter, Medical centres reserve the right to charge you at their casual patient rate until the first day of the following quarter, at which time they will receive the government funding relating to your enrolment with the medical centre.