When can I use Access Gap Cover?
You can ask to use it when you're referred to a specialist for treatment or surgery as an inpatient being admitted to hospital.
Once you've got a referral for a specialist, follow these steps;
- Use our ‘Find an Access Gap Doctor’ tool to call specialists in your area to ask about their fees before making an initial appointment. You can take a referral to any specialist, not necessarily the one named in your referral letter.
- Ask your preferred specialist the following;
- Would you treat me under Police Health's Access Gap Cover arrangements?
- Will I incur any personal out of pocket expenses for my treatment and if so, can you give me a written estimate of how much?
- Will any assisting doctors also use Access Gap Cover? This refers to other specialists including anesthetists.
- Are you prepared to send the bill to Police Health directly, so that they can claim my Medicare benefit on my behalf and send the payment back to you?