Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program
The mental health nurse incentive program is accessible to all GP clinics, Private psychiatrists and is funded by the Department of Health and aging and is administered by Medicare. Patients are not charged for the services they access and there is no annual limit to the amount of consultations they recieve, similarily, there is no expense for the GPs or Private Psychiatrists wanting to engage one of our credentialed mental health nurses.
How GPs and Psychiatrists can access the program and refer patients
1. Contact one of the directors to arrange a meeting and we will attend your clinic at your convenience and supply all documents required. We have expert knowledge in the Medicare Guidelines and all the additional Item numbers medicare attach to this incentive.
2. Once the Eligible organisation documents are signed the paperwork generally takes 2-3 weeks for Medicare to generate an Eligible organisation number for your GP clinic or Private Psychiatry consulting rooms.
3. Once this number is obtained referrals from all doctors within the practice can begin
4. GPs are required to provide a current mental health plan Item 2710 with the Recover Australia referral form but psychiatrist are not, therefore a supporting letter is appreciated.
Consumers
1. Your GP or Psychiatrist needs to be signed up with Medicare to access the MHNIP, this is a very simple process that is free.
2. We can discuss this process with your GP on your behalf
3.Once this is set up a referral and mental health care plan is sent to Recover Australia
4.Our triage clinician will then contact you for a 30 minute phone assessment to gather some information and assess whether Recover Australia can be of assistance with you.
5. Our triage clinician will inform you at this point if there is a waiting list and how long that is
6.Once we have had our allocations meeting your clinician will contact you to arrange the first appointment
RECOVER AUSTRALIA DOES NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO OFFER A CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICE AND WILL CREATE AN APPROPRIATE CRISIS PLAN FOR ALL PATIENTS ON INITIAL ASSESSMENT
