Dr Reema Bassi : Finances and Insurance

Finances and Insurance

Health Insurance / Hicaps Payments

With Hicaps facilities, it is easy on-the-spot claiming from health funds.

Payments

Eftpos : Visa Mastercrd
Credit card
Cheque
Cash
Afterpay

We accept Visa and MasterCard with no additional fee.

Child Dental Benefit Scheme(CDBS)

We welcome and bulk bill patients on Child dental benefit scheme (CDBS)

Eligibility basics:

General dental care for children and young people can include:

Check-ups

Children and young people are eligible for public dental services if they:

* live in Victoria and
* are aged 0-12 years of age, irrespective of family income or
* are aged between 0–17 and are eligible for the Child Dental benefit scheme or
* are aged between 13-17 with a Health Care card or Pension Card or whose parents hold a Health Care card or Pension Card or
* are a youth justice client in custodial care, regardless of age, or
* are aged up to 18 years of age and are in out-of-home care, provided by the Children Youth and Families Division of the Department of Human Services.

Remember: Take your child to see a dentist no later than 2 years of age

Veteran Affairs

We do accept cards from the department of Veteran affairs.

VDS Vouchers

We also accept VDS vouchers for Emergency/and General check up and treatment.

VEDS OR VGDS VOUCHERS VETERAN AFFAIRS

Eligibility for Adults

Adults are eligible for public dental services if they:

* live in Victoria and
* hold a health care card issued by Centrelink or
* hold a pensioner concession card issued by Centrelink or
* hold a veteran concession card issued by the Department of Veteran's Affairs (DVA) or
* are a refugee or asylum seeker or
* are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

Your local Community dental clinic provides general dental care.

Sometimes when they are unable to provide care they can give you a voucher for general or emergency dental services

which include: