Dietitian fees
Effective 1 July 2024
The TAC has extended the funding of temporary telehealth services previously scheduled to end on 30 September 2020 until further notice, giving clients the ongoing convenience and flexibility of accessing health services from home.
2024/25 rates
| Registered for GST | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Description | TAC Item Number | Maximum Payment Rate |
| Individual treatment | ||
| Initial Consultation | D600 | $72.01 |
| Initial Consultation (Telehealth) | D600T | $72.01 |
| Standard Consultation | D602 | $57.62 |
| Standard Consultation (Telehealth) | D602T | $57.62 |
| Long Consultation | D604 | $86.12 |
| Long Consultation (Telehealth) | D604T | $86.12 |
| Prolonged Consultation | D606 | $115.07 |
| Prolonged Consultation (Telehealth) | D606T | $115.07 |
| Travel (with prior approval) | ||
| Travel | D630 | $115.07 |
| Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been approved. | ||
| All travel is to be separately billed in blocks of 15 minutes. | ||
| Reports | ||
| Report | D640* | $126.58 |
| When submitting an account for payment, details of the time taken to complete the report must be recorded on the account. | ||
| Travel | D641* | $126.58 |
| Travel claimed in relation to providing a report for management-type services such as reviews undertaken at the TAC's specific request. Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been provided. | ||
| Standard Consultation - up to 30 minutes Long Consultation - >30 minutes < 45 minutes Prolonged Consultation - >45 minutes <60 minutes | ||
2023/24 rates
| Registered for GST | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Description | TAC Item Number | Maximum Payment Rate |
| Individual treatment | ||
| Initial Consultation | D600 | $69.37 |
| Initial Consultation (Telehealth) | D600T | $69.37 |
| Standard Consultation | D602 | $55.51 |
| Standard Consultation (Telehealth) | D602T | $55.51 |
| Long Consultation | D604 | $82.96 |
| Long Consultation (Telehealth) | D604T | $82.96 |
| Prolonged Consultation | D606 | $110.85 |
| Prolonged Consultation (Telehealth) | D606T | $110.85 |
| Travel (with prior approval) | ||
| Travel | D630 | $110.85 |
| Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been approved. | ||
| All travel is to be separately billed in blocks of 15 minutes. | ||
| Reports | ||
| Report | D640* | $121.93 |
| When submitting an account for payment, details of the time taken to complete the report must be recorded on the account. | ||
| Travel | D641* | $121.93 |
| Travel claimed in relation to providing a report for management-type services such as reviews undertaken at the TAC's specific request. Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been provided. | ||
| Standard Consultation - up to 30 minutes Long Consultation - >30 minutes < 45 minutes Prolonged Consultation - >45 minutes <60 minutes | ||
Not registered for GST
| Not Registered for GST | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Description | TAC Item Number | 2024/25 | 2023/24 |
| Reports | |||
| Report | DGF640 | $115.07 | $110.85 |
| When submitting an account for payment, details of the time taken to complete the report must be recorded on the account. | |||
| Travel | DGF641 | $115.07 | $110.85 |
| Travel claimed in relation to providing a report for management-type services such as reviews undertaken at the TAC's specific request. Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been provided. | |||
| Standard Consultation - up to 30 minutes Long Consultation - >30 minutes < 45 minutes Prolonged Consultation - >45 minutes <60 minutes | |||
2024/25 rates
| Registered for GST | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Description | TAC Item Number | Maximum Payment Rate |
| Individual treatment | ||
| Initial Consultation | D600 | $72.01 |
| Initial Consultation (Telehealth) | D600T | $72.01 |
| Standard Consultation | D602 | $57.62 |
| Standard Consultation (Telehealth) | D602T | $57.62 |
| Long Consultation | D604 | $86.12 |
| Long Consultation (Telehealth) | D604T | $86.12 |
| Prolonged Consultation | D606 | $115.07 |
| Prolonged Consultation (Telehealth) | D606T | $115.07 |
| Travel (with prior approval) | ||
| Travel | D630 | $115.07 |
| Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been approved. | ||
| All travel is to be separately billed in blocks of 15 minutes. | ||
| Reports | ||
| Report | D640* | $126.58 |
| When submitting an account for payment, details of the time taken to complete the report must be recorded on the account. | ||
| Travel | D641* | $126.58 |
| Travel claimed in relation to providing a report for management-type services such as reviews undertaken at the TAC's specific request. Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been provided. | ||
| Standard Consultation - up to 30 minutes Long Consultation - >30 minutes < 45 minutes Prolonged Consultation - >45 minutes <60 minutes | ||
2023/24 rates
| Registered for GST | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service Description | TAC Item Number | Maximum Payment Rate |
| Individual treatment | ||
| Initial Consultation | D600 | $69.37 |
| Initial Consultation (Telehealth) | D600T | $69.37 |
| Standard Consultation | D602 | $55.51 |
| Standard Consultation (Telehealth) | D602T | $55.51 |
| Long Consultation | D604 | $82.96 |
| Long Consultation (Telehealth) | D604T | $82.96 |
| Prolonged Consultation | D606 | $110.85 |
| Prolonged Consultation (Telehealth) | D606T | $110.85 |
| Travel (with prior approval) | ||
| Travel | D630 | $110.85 |
| Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been approved. | ||
| All travel is to be separately billed in blocks of 15 minutes. | ||
| Reports | ||
| Report | D640* | $121.93 |
| When submitting an account for payment, details of the time taken to complete the report must be recorded on the account. | ||
| Travel | D641* | $121.93 |
| Travel claimed in relation to providing a report for management-type services such as reviews undertaken at the TAC's specific request. Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been provided. | ||
| Standard Consultation - up to 30 minutes Long Consultation - >30 minutes < 45 minutes Prolonged Consultation - >45 minutes <60 minutes | ||
Not registered for GST
| Not Registered for GST | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Description | TAC Item Number | 2024/25 | 2023/24 |
| Reports | |||
| Report | DGF640 | $115.07 | $110.85 |
| When submitting an account for payment, details of the time taken to complete the report must be recorded on the account. | |||
| Travel | DGF641 | $115.07 | $110.85 |
| Travel claimed in relation to providing a report for management-type services such as reviews undertaken at the TAC's specific request. Travel time can be claimed only for travel to and from the practitioner's practice address and the TAC client's residence. Where more than one client is visited in a single travel period, total travel costs should be apportioned equally between those clients to whom services have been provided. | |||
| Standard Consultation - up to 30 minutes Long Consultation - >30 minutes < 45 minutes Prolonged Consultation - >45 minutes <60 minutes | |||
Fees for dietitian services performed within a public hospital will be based on the
Department of Human Services schedule of fees and charges for acute health services in Victoria.
Refer to www.health.vic.gov.au/feesman.
