A written plan
Bulk billedA written plan
Bulk billedYour conditions, goals, treatments and responsibilities recorded and shared with your team.
Book online →A written plan for a long-term condition.
If you live with a condition that will be there in twelve months, Medicare funds a structured plan: written goals, a coordinated team, and rebated allied health appointments to go with it.
Three ways to book: HotDoc · online · or by phone.
Chronic care, organised.
The plan turns scattered appointments into one coordinated approach with your GP at the centre.
A GP Management Plan is a document your doctor prepares with you for a condition that has lasted, or is likely to last, at least six months. It sets out your health problems, the goals you have agreed, the treatments and services required, and what you will do yourself.
Who is eligible
Anyone with a chronic or terminal medical condition. In practice that means diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, asthma, COPD, arthritis, chronic kidney disease, osteoporosis, stroke, cancer, chronic pain and many mental health conditions. Your GP will confirm whether your situation qualifies.
Good to know
The most valuable part for most people is the allied health access: up to five Medicare-rebated visits per calendar year to physiotherapy, dietetics, podiatry, exercise physiology and more.
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Team Care Arrangements
Where two or more other providers are involved in your care, a Team Care Arrangement is added. This is what formally brings in the allied health rebates and makes sure everyone is working from the same plan rather than in parallel.
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Allied health under your plan
Our physiotherapists Smit Patel and Rutvik Lathiya, podiatrist Baqer Al-Temeemi, dietitian Anagha Chaudhari and counsellor Francesca Palazzolo all work from this clinic, which means your allied health team can read the plan, talk to your GP and refer back easily. Bring your referral letter and care plan to each allied health appointment so the Medicare rebate can be claimed.
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Reviews
Plans are reviewed every three to six months. The review checks progress, adjusts goals and renews the allied health referrals. A plan that is never reviewed stops being useful fairly quickly.
What a plan gives you.
Structured chronic condition care funded by Medicare.
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Rebated allied health
Bulk billedRebated allied health
Bulk billedUp to five Medicare-rebated allied health visits per calendar year under a Team Care Arrangement.
Book online →Coordinated team
Bulk billedCoordinated team
Bulk billedYour GP, allied health and specialists working from the same document rather than separately.
Book online →Regular reviews
Bulk billedRegular reviews
Bulk billedScheduled reviews every three to six months to check progress and renew referrals.
Book online →Agreed goals
Bulk billedAgreed goals
Bulk billedSpecific, measurable targets set with you rather than handed to you.
Book online →MyMedicare linkage
Bulk billedMyMedicare linkage
Bulk billedRegistering ties your chronic condition care formally to this practice.
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How a plan is created.
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A longer appointmentBook a care plan appointment and tell reception what it is for, so a longer slot is allocated.
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Assessment and goal settingYour GP reviews your conditions, medicines, results and what matters to you, then writes goals with you.
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The team is arrangedTeam Care Arrangements are prepared and allied health referrals issued where you are eligible.
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Review every few monthsYou are recalled for a review to check progress, adjust the plan and renew referrals.
Bring with youMedicare cardEvery medicine including supplementsRecent results and specialist lettersHome readings if you keep them
Who you'll see.
Dr Hossain leads chronic condition planning at this practice.
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General Practitioner
Dr Mohammed HossainMBBS, FRACGP, Diploma in Dermatology
Chronic and complex conditions, heart, gut and kidney health, weight management.
Available Mon · Wed
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General Practitioner · Medical Director
Dr Mustafa HafizMChD, FRACGP
Skin cancer checks and minor procedures, men's health, mental health and family medicine.
Available Mon · Tue · Wed · Fri · Sun
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General Practitioner
Dr Zainab ShiraziDiploma in Dermatology
Women's health, children's health and skin conditions.
Available Mon · Tue · Wed · Fri · Sat
General Practitioner
Dr Robert ReidMBBS · In general practice since 1980
Mental health, chronic illness, disability care and general family medicine.
Available Ask reception
Fees and bulk billing.
GP Management Plans, Team Care Arrangements and their reviews are bulk billed for patients with a valid Medicare card.
Full fee guide
100% bulk billing clinic
Standard GP consultations at Toongabbie Doctors are bulk billed for patients with a valid Medicare card, so there is no out-of-pocket cost to see your doctor.
Preparing and reviewing a care plan is bulk billed for eligible patients.
Allied health visits under a plan receive a Medicare rebate; a gap is usually payable to the provider.
Five rebated allied health visits are available per calendar year, shared across all allied health types.
Common questions.
Questions about care plans.
If you have a condition that has lasted or will last at least six months, very likely. Diabetes, heart disease, asthma, arthritis, kidney disease and many mental health conditions all qualify.
Up to five Medicare-rebated visits per calendar year under a Team Care Arrangement, shared across physiotherapy, dietetics, podiatry and other services.
Yes, for patients with a valid Medicare card, including the reviews. Allied health visits attract a rebate with a gap payable to the provider.
Every three to six months depending on your condition. We send a reminder when your review is due and often do the measurements beforehand.
Yes. Our physiotherapists, dietitian and counsellor work from this clinic, so they can read your plan and communicate directly with your GP.
Related services.
Care Plan ReviewsRegular reviews that keep a chronic condition plan working.Learn more →Chronic Disease Management and Care PlansDiabetes, heart, lung and kidney care with structured plans.Learn more →Diabetes CareDiagnosis, monitoring and day-to-day support for diabetes.Learn more →Allied Health and PhysiotherapyPhysiotherapy, podiatry, dietitian and counselling in the same clinic.Learn more →
Living with a long-term condition?
Book a bulk billed care plan appointment and leave with written goals and allied health arranged.
Three ways to book: HotDoc · online · or by phone on (02) 7813 6000.
Toongabbie Doctors · Shop 1, Toongabbie Point
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Saturday8:00am - 1:00pm
SundayClosed
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