Private Health Fund campaign

Throughout 2012, PACFA is running a major campaign aimed at achieving greater recognition for PACFA Registrants by Private Health Funds.

Currently, PACFA Registrants in private practice can offer private health insurance rebates to clients with appropriate Medibank Private cover. As the coverage provided to clients through Medibank Private is limited, the PACFA campaign aims to increase Medibank Private coverage and to extend rebates to the other major Private Health Funds.

Initially, the campaign is focusing on 8 of the major Private Health Funds:

· Australian Health Management

· Australian Unity

· BUPA

· GMHBA

· HBF

· HCF

· Medibank Private

· NIB

Other funds will be added later in the year once the campaign takes off.

Letter-writing campaign
Feedback from Medibank Private is that private health coverage for counselling and psychotherapy will only be increased where it can be demonstrated that there is customer demand for this. PACFA’s Therapist and Client Campaign will therefore aim to demonstrate customer demand for Private Health Fund rebates for counselling and psychotherapy through a letter-writing campaign.

PACFA Member Associations and their members are encouraged to participate in the campaign by inviting clients with private health insurance to sign letters to their funds, requesting rebates under their Extras or Wellness policies for counselling and psychotherapy.

Instructions for therapists and their clients
Please download the pro-forma letters and start sending letters to Private Health Funds today. Clients with private health insurance are requested to complete the pro-forma letter to their Private Health Fund, requesting rebates for counselling and psychotherapy.

Letter 1 – This letter is to be completed by the client
Please complete the name of your Private Health Fund, your Private Health Fund member number and the name of the person who you are writing to. Please sign the letter.
Download Letter 1

Letter 2 – This letter is a copy of letter 1 which will be sent to PACFA by the therapist. To ensure client confidentiality, the client is not required to put their name on this copy. All letters will be collated by PACFA to produce statistics on customer demand for rebates for counselling and psychotherapy.
Download Letter 2

PACFA will provide regular reports though eNews of our progress with the campaign.