HEALTH FUND NEWS
Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine overseas qualification ( health funds do not accept any other modality completed overseas )
Health Funds do accept overseas Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine qualifications . The below documents are required :
• VETASSES letter stating the qualification is equivalent / comparable to the Australian BA Health Science TCM / Acupuncture
• IELTS Overall Band Level 7 in English Competency ( Bupa only )
Specific requirements for individual health funds Australian Health Management ( AHM )
Names and details of eligible ATMS members will be sent to AHM . Provider numbers will be populated in the ATMS member portal .
Hypnotherapy - HBF , RT Health , Nurses and Midwives
Names and details of eligible ATMS members will be sent for this modality each month .
Australian Unity
Names and details of eligible ATMS members will be sent to Australian Unity . ATMS members will need to contact Australian Unity initially on 1800 035 360 to register as a provider and to receive provider numbers .
BUPA
Names and details of eligible ATMS members will be sent to BUPA . Provider numbers will be populated in the ATMS member portal .
CBHS Health Fund Limited
Names and details of eligible ATMS members will be sent to CBHS . Use your ATMS member number as your provider number e . g ATMS23345 .
For Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine services , please use your AHPRA number minus the 0 ’ s for e . g if your AHPRA number is CMR0001731686 you would use CMR1731686 as your provider number .
Doctors Health Fund
Names and details of eligible ATMS members will be sent to Doctors Health Fund . Use your ATMS member number as your provider number for e . g ., ATMS23345 . Please note that Doctors Health Fund only covers Remedial Massage .
HCF
Names and details of eligible ATMS members will be sent to HCF . Use your ATMS member number as your provider number e . g ., ATMS23345 .
Medibank Private
Names and details of eligible ATMS members will be sent to Medibank Private . Provider numbers will be populated in the member portal as well as emailed directly to the practitioner as an attached letter . This letter is required for HICAPS Registration .
NIB including APIA , AAMI Health Insurance , Qantas Health Insurance & GU Health
Names and details of eligible ATMS members will be sent to NIB . Use your ATMS member number as your provider number e . g ATMS23345 except for GU Health . Members are required to contact GU Health directly on 1800 249 966 to register as a provider and to receive a provider number .
Australian Regional Health Group ( ARHG ) Refer to Health Funds Table for the individual funds listed under ARHG .
Details of eligible members are sent to ARHG .
The ARHG provider number is based on your ATMS number with additional lettering . To work out your ARHG provider number please follow these steps :
1 Add the letters AT to the front of your ATMS member number
2 If your ATMS number has five digits go to step 3 . If it has two , three or four digits , you need to add enough zeros to the front to make it a five-digit number ( e . g ., 123 becomes 00123 ).
3 Add the letter that corresponds to your accredited modality at the end of the provider number ;
A Acupuncture C Chinese Herbal Medicine U Nutrition Y Myotherapy R Remedial Massage M Massage Therapy
For e . g ., If your ATMS member number is 123 and accredited for Acupuncture , the ARHG provider number will be AT00123A .
Special condition applies for Remedial
Massage for the below funds under ARHG :
• Defence Health
• GMHBA ( Including Frank Health Fund )
• HBF ( Including GMF Health )
• AIA Health
ARHG -Chinese Massage
ARHG do not recognise Chinese Massage . They categorise it as Remedial Massage . For members that hold a Govt Accredited HLT Diploma of Chinese Remedial Massage HLT50102 , HLT50107 or HLT50112 are required to use the ‘ R ’ status .
Most Funds recognise the ‘ R ’ status however there is a couple that prefer the M status , refer to the health funds table .
HICAPS
ATMS members who wish to activate these facilities need to register directly with HICAPS . HICAPS do not cover all health funds and modalities . Please go to www . hicaps . com . au or call 1800 805 780 for further information .
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