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Ōamaru Doctors Fees

 

At Ōamaru Doctors you and our dependants do receive lower costs visits if you have a Community Services Card (CSC). An adult with a CSC won’t pay more than $19.50 for a standard visit with a doctor and young people aged 14 to 17 years who have a parent or caregiver with a CSC will be charged no more than $13.00 for a GP consult.

Medical services are now free for children aged 13 years and under, this includes ACC consults.

Our standard adult enrolled fee to see a doctor is $50.00 (ACC $39.00) .

The standard consultation time is 15 minutes, longer consults are charged a higher rate.

Young adults (18-24 years) do pay $42.50 (ACC $38.00) and teenagers (14-17 years) $37.50 (ACC $ 32.00).

The consultation fee for casual patients (who are not enrolled with us and therefore non-eligible for government subsidies but are eligible NZ residents) is $71.00.

For patients who are non-eligible overseas patients, the charge is $96.00 for a weekday consult.

Repeat prescriptions can be requested online. We do have a duty to review our patient’s medical conditions when repeating medical prescriptions. We might have to ask you to come in to see a doctor first. The cost for repeat prescriptions is $20.00. Please allow 24 hours for scripts to be ready. If they are urgently required (on the same day) or have to be sent to a pharmacy out of town, the fee will be $23.00.

Our fees may change from time to time. Please feel free to enquire at Reception if you wish to confirm a fee before you accept our services.

 

 

Payment Terms

 

Accounts are payable on the day of consultation. Payment is available at the practice by Cash,  Eftpos or Credit Card.

New: We are introducing “Pay by Link” as a simple, secure and convenient way to pay your invoice right from your device. You don’t need to create an account or download any apps. We will simply send you a secure payment link by email or text.

Direct credit payments into our bank account are still possible. Please note that we have a new bank account  for payments:  03-0937-0090535-001.

Please speak with our Practice Manager Amy McCulloch if you would like to arrange a payment plan.

Overdue accounts might incur an administration fee.

 

 

Enrolment

Healthcare in New Zealand is not free to the patient but it is subsidised by the Ministry of Health and by ACC if you are enrolled with us. The remaining fee, the co-payment, is charged to the patient. Co-payments depend on the timing and type of service you receive and vary between medical centres.

Please contact our friendly team if you would like to enrol with us. However, we have limited capacity to accept new patients. Family and whānau members of already enrolled patients will have preference.

Thanks for your kind understanding.

 

IN AN EMERGENCY PLEASE DIAL 111. Please be considerate of our hard working team, the lines might be busy. The after hours number for all of Ōamaru is 03 434 9444.

JANUARY 2025

We trust you and your families had a peaceful and relaxing festive season. We do hope that the new year has come to a good start and do thank you for your continued support.

We are looking forward to welcoming Dr Sabrina Kamthunzi to our team on January 13. Sabrina will join Dr Chris Rohrbach and Dr Charlotte Letheren.

Amy McCulloch has come back from her travels and re-joined the team as our new Practice Manager. Amy is your first point of contact for any questions you might have. Welcome back, Amy, we are thrilled you found your way back to Ōamaru and Ōamaru Doctors.

PAYMENTS:

We would like to apologise for any confusion regarding direct credit payments. Along with new software we have also changed our bank account and have introduced Medeor Pay by Link. We realise that our communication wasn’t flawless.

While payments are preferred on the day, you are still welcome to direct credit any outstanding amounts into our account. We are now with Westpac and the account number is 03-0937-0090535-001.

However, you would help us very much if you would make use of the Medeor Pay by Link option. If you receive and email or a text with a payment link, you can pay directly from any device and will receive a detailed invoice. We can assure you that this is a secure way of paying your account.

Please feel free to contact our friendly team if you have any questions.

RESULTS:

Patients will only be notified of results that require action. This is the “no news is good news policy”. You are able to check your results via the patient portal Manage My Health.  Patients may also call Reception and request a nurse to call back if they want to discuss their results.

COUGH, COLD, SORE THROAT AND OTHER FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS:

Please call prior to coming in. We will phone triage you and make the necessary arrangements at that time. This may be to have a Covid-19 swab (RAT test or PCR) or to have a consultation with the doctor. This is to keep you, our staff and all our patients safe.