Effective 1 July 2021
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 LanternPay for next business day payments.
| Registered for GST | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Description | TAC Item Number | Maximum Payment Rate |
| Individual Treatment | ||
| Completion and submission of Treatment Notification Plan (SPTNP) | ST600 | $55.21 |
| Hourly Rate | ST604 | $100.12 |
| Hourly Rate - Telehealth | ST604T | $100.12 |
| Group Treatment | ||
| Group Consultation (per person, per hour) | ST601 | $60.12 |
| Travel (with prior approval) | ||
| Travel | ST630 | $100.12 |
| 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* | $55.21 |
| Registered for GST | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Description | TAC Item Number | Maximum Payment Rate |
| Individual Treatment | ||
| Completion and submission of Treatment Notification Plan (SPTNP) | ST600 | $54.51 |
| Hourly Rate | ST604 | $98.85 |
| Hourly Rate - Telehealth | ST604T | $98.85 |
| Group Treatment | ||
| Group Consultation (per person, per hour) | ST601 | $59.36 |
| Travel (with prior approval) | ||
| Travel | ST630 | $98.85 |
| 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* | $54.51 |
| Not Registered for GST | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Description | TAC Item Number | 2021/22 Maxium Payment Rate | 2020/21 Maximum Payment Rate |
| Speech Pathology Management Review (SPMR) | |||
| Completion and submission of the SPMR form (only on request by TAC) | ST640F | $50.20 | $49.57 |