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Fee Schedule – the reasons why it may be in your best interests to be privately billed

Have you ever felt let down by some doctors or other health professionals in the past? Maybe you felt they didn’t listen to you? Perhaps they offered you solutions that didn’t work, but were then left with nothing else to offer? We endeavour to avoid these scenarios at Pulse in Minyama on the Sunshine Coast.

There are many reasons some doctors at times don’t seem to give people the best treatment;
• Some doctors have gaps in their knowledge about certain aspects of medicine, particularly about some non pharmaceutical treatments. No doctor
knows everything, and that most definitely includes us. We sometimes learn about alternative treatments from our patients who have done their own research.

• we think some doctors are sometimes not open minded enough to try innovative solutions to complicated problems.
• we think that occasionally a small percentage of doctors don’t listen very well.
  

There is a shortage of GP’s in Australia at present. So if a GP for whatever reason lets a patient down, there is usually another customer just around the corner.

Universal bulk billing might mean there is less financial pressure on the doctor to provide a top service, because he or she can actually earn more money by pushing more patients through the doors, and thereby give less time to each patient. This means that from a doctor’s perspective there may be little financial incentive to put in the time and effort to solve complicated medical problems. There is always another patient with a simpler, less time consuming request waiting to be seen. In a small percentage of surgeries it is therefore possible that universal bulk billing has subtly degraded the value of the doctor patient relationship.

We do not usually bulk bill. This means we are less financially pressured to rush consults. We see significantly less patients a day than the average GP in Australia, and not because we are short of patients, but because we want to give everyone enough time to sort out complex issues.

At Pulse, we do not treat you like a number and we try to give you the time you deserve. We try to genuinely listen to you. You are regarded as a patient who has a unique professional relationship with your doctor and/or naturopath.

We do our best to offer you the latest treatments from both the “conventional” medical world and the so called “naturopathic” world. This is known as “complementary medicine” or “functional medicine” or “integrative medicine.” We use a mix of whatever modality of treatment works. We think this is often the best way to help people.

If you, the patient, is willing, we often do joint consults in which both a naturopath and a GP offer you treatment and advice. We find this type of medicine very rewarding. We are excited to be one of the first practices to offer this service to people on the Sunshine Coast.

Fees to see Dr Mark, Dr Tracy, Dr Nicole (these doctor’s books are closed,) Dr Allison is currently taking new patients.

Our practice is a private billing practice.

Fees to see Naturopaths Danielle or Gina

Naturopaths. Private health rebates are available for patient with extras cover.

Fees to see Laurence- Acupuncturist and Naturopath

Private health rebates are available for patient with extras cover