Speech pathology fees

Effective 1 July 2023

The TAC has extended the funding of temporary telehealth services previously scheduled to end on 30 September 2020 until further notice, giving clients the ongoing convenience and flexibility of accessing health services from home.

Speech pathology services can be invoiced online via HICAPS Digital Claims for next business day payments.

For speech pathology services provided on after 1 July 2023
	Registered for GST
Service Description	TAC Item Number	Maximum Payment Rate
Individual Treatment
Completion and submission of Treatment Notification Plan (SPTNP)	ST600	$61.13
Hourly Rate	ST604	$110.85
Hourly Rate - Telehealth	ST604T	$110.85
Group Treatment
Group Consultation (per person, per hour)	ST601	$66.57
Travel (with prior approval)
Travel	ST630	$110.85
Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been provided.
^All travel is to be separately billed in blocks of 15 minutes.
Speech Pathology Management Review (SPMR)
Completion and submission of the SPMR form (only on request by TAC)	ST640*	$61.13

For speech pathology services provided between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023
	Registered for GST
Service Description	TAC Item Number	Maximum Payment Rate
Individual Treatment
Completion and submission of Treatment Notification Plan (SPTNP)	ST600	$56.21
Hourly Rate	ST604	$102.65
Hourly Rate - Telehealth	ST604T	$102.65
Group Treatment
Group Consultation (per person, per hour)	ST601	$61.64
Travel (with prior approval)
Travel	ST630	$102.65
Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been provided.
^All travel is to be separately billed in blocks of 15 minutes.
Speech Pathology Management Review (SPMR)
Completion and submission of the SPMR form (only on request by TAC)	ST640*	$56.61

For Speech pathology services performed by a provider who is not registered for GST
	Not Registered for GST
Service Description	TAC Item Number	2023/24 Maximum Payment Rate	2022/23 Maximum Payment Rate
Speech Pathology Management Review (SPMR)
Completion and submission of the SPMR form (only on request by TAC)	ST640F	$55.58	$51.47

For speech pathology services provided on after 1 July 2023
	Registered for GST
Service Description	TAC Item Number	Maximum Payment Rate
Individual Treatment
Completion and submission of Treatment Notification Plan (SPTNP)	ST600	$61.13
Hourly Rate	ST604	$110.85
Hourly Rate - Telehealth	ST604T	$110.85
Group Treatment
Group Consultation (per person, per hour)	ST601	$66.57
Travel (with prior approval)
Travel	ST630	$110.85
Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been provided.
^All travel is to be separately billed in blocks of 15 minutes.
Speech Pathology Management Review (SPMR)
Completion and submission of the SPMR form (only on request by TAC)	ST640*	$61.13

For speech pathology services provided between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023
	Registered for GST
Service Description	TAC Item Number	Maximum Payment Rate
Individual Treatment
Completion and submission of Treatment Notification Plan (SPTNP)	ST600	$56.21
Hourly Rate	ST604	$102.65
Hourly Rate - Telehealth	ST604T	$102.65
Group Treatment
Group Consultation (per person, per hour)	ST601	$61.64
Travel (with prior approval)
Travel	ST630	$102.65
Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been provided.
^All travel is to be separately billed in blocks of 15 minutes.
Speech Pathology Management Review (SPMR)
Completion and submission of the SPMR form (only on request by TAC)	ST640*	$56.61

For Speech pathology services performed by a provider who is not registered for GST
	Not Registered for GST
Service Description	TAC Item Number	2023/24 Maximum Payment Rate	2022/23 Maximum Payment Rate
Speech Pathology Management Review (SPMR)
Completion and submission of the SPMR form (only on request by TAC)	ST640F	$55.58	$51.47

GST

If your business entity is not registered for GST, then you must only claim the lower of the rates provided at each item number. This is the "Maximum Payment rate - Non registered for GST". A business entity not registered for GST:

Is not legally permitted to charge GST; and
Should indicate on all invoices submitted your status as 'not registered for GST'

A business entity that is registered for GST should claim the higher rates provided at each item number. This is the "Maximum Payment Rate - Registered for GST". Where TAC believes an item is a taxable supply, an allowance for GST has been factored into the payment rate. You should not markup GST on the Maximum Payment Rate quoted for a GST registered entity.