{"id":138,"date":"2011-12-30T01:56:04","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T01:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clockmed.com.au\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2020-05-04T17:21:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T07:21:10","slug":"fee-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clockmed.com.au\/?page_id=138","title":{"rendered":"Fees and Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Fee Policy<\/h2>\n<p>Fees\u00a0do not exceed the AMA (Australian Medical Association) recommended fees and many fees are well below the AMA recommended fees.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Clocktower Medical Centre\u00a0 is a private billing clinic and full payment of your account is required on the day of consultation<\/b>.\u00a0 W<\/strong>ith the availability of Medicare online service the relevant rebate can be reimbursed to patients instantly. For your convenience, EFTPOS is available; we also accept cash or cheque.<\/p>\n<p>All procedures and some dressings will incur an out of pocket fee.\u00a0 Please discuss this with the receptionist when booking your procedure appointment.<\/p>\n<p>If for any reason you cannot pay these fees, please ask to talk to the Practice Manager and we would be pleased to discuss options with you to prevent legal action to recover any outstanding debts which will incur an additional cost to the patient.<\/p>\n<p>A non-attendance fee may be charged if the clinic is not notified that you no longer longer be attending your scheduled appointment.<\/p>\n<p>If you have an account enquiry or require advice on medical fees, please contact our Administration Manager, Michelle or Caroline our Practice Manager.<\/p>\n<p>If you are experiencing financial difficulties please discuss this with your doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Patients are responsible for all legal costs incurred in the recovery of bad debts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fee Policy Fees\u00a0do not exceed the AMA (Australian Medical Association) recommended fees and many fees are well below the AMA recommended fees. Clocktower Medical Centre\u00a0 is a private billing clinic and full payment of your account is required on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clockmed.com.au\/?page_id=138\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":36,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-138","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clockmed.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clockmed.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clockmed.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clockmed.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clockmed.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.clockmed.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1329,"href":"https:\/\/www.clockmed.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/138\/revisions\/1329"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clockmed.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clockmed.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}