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Health Partners

Basic Hospital Plus $750 Excess

$246.91 / month

(Before Rebate, Discount & Loading)

Available in TAS

You may be entitled to an Australian Government Rebate on the above premium. Your premium may also include a Lifetime Health Cover Loading, an Age-based Discount or an insurer discount. Check with your insurer for details.

This policy covers: Two adults (and no-one else).

Policy ID: SPS/H65/TCAW20

Source: Private Health Information Statement (PHIS)

Hospital Cover

  • This policy exempts you from the Medicare Levy Surcharge.
  • This policy provides accident cover - check with insurer for details.
  • This policy does not provide benefits for travel or accommodation outside of hospital.
Covered
Restricted Cover
Not Covered
This policy includes cover for
Dental surgery
Hernia and appendix
Hospital psychiatric services
Joint reconstructions
Palliative care
Rehabilitation
Tonsils, adenoids and grommets

This policy does not include cover for

Assisted reproductive services
Back, neck and spine
Blood
Bone, joint and muscle
Brain and nervous system
Breast surgery (medically necessary)
Cataracts
Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy for cancer
Diabetes management (excluding insulin pumps)
Dialysis for chronic kidney failure
Digestive system
Ear, nose and throat
Eye (not cataracts)
Gastrointestinal endoscopy
Gynaecology
Heart and vascular system
Implantation of hearing devices
Insulin pumps
Joint replacements
Kidney and bladder
Lung and chest
Male reproductive system
Miscarriage and termination of pregnancy
Pain management
Pain management with device
Plastic and reconstructive surgery (medically necessary)
Podiatric surgery (provided by a registered podiatric surgeon)
Pregnancy and birth
Skin
Sleep studies
Weight loss surgery

The benefits paid for hospital treatment will depend on the type of cover you purchase and whether your fund has an agreement in place with the hospital in which you are treated. See ‘Agreement Hospitals’ on privatehealth.gov.au for which hospitals have arrangements with your insurer – https://privatehealth.gov.au/dynamic/agreementhospitals.

Under this policy, you may have to pay out-of-pocket costs above what you get from Medicare or your private health insurer. Before you go to hospital, you should ask your doctors, hospital and health insurer about any out-of-pocket costs that may apply to you.

The following payments may also apply for hospital admissions

Excess: You will have to pay an excess of $750 per admission. This is limited to a maximum of $750 per person and $1500 per policy per year.

Co-payments: No co-payments

The following waiting periods for hospital admissions apply to new or upgrading members

Waiting periods:

  • 2 months for palliative care, rehabilitation and hospital psychiatric treatments, even if pre-existing
  • 12 months for other pre-existing conditions
  • 2 months for all other treatments

Gap Cover

This provider offers 'known gap' or 'no gap' cover for medical bills for this product. The Medical Costs Finder (https://www.health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/medical-costs-finder) lets you find out more about the cost of specialist medical services.

Other features of this hospital cover

Accident Cover provides you with protection for all clinical categories, even hospital procedures and services that are listed as exclusions on your policy. Meaning, you will receive the highest level of cover if you require treatment as a result of an accident (as defined by Health Partners). T&Cs apply. Health Partners Support Programs: Hospital to Home, which includes Hospital Guide, Hospital in the Home and Rehab in the Home. Members can also access a range of discounts, refer to the ‘Member Discount’ page at healthpartners.com.au.

For further information about this policy see: https://www.healthpartners.com.au/health-insurance/hospital-cover/

Ambulance cover

Ambulance cover is provided by the State government for residents of Tasmania. This may include cover whilst interstate, except for South Australia and Queensland where no cover applies. In other states please check with Ambulance Tasmania - https://www.health.tas.gov.au/ambulance/fees_and_accounts.

Other features of this ambulance cover: Unlimited emergency ambulance as defined by Health Partners, is for an unplanned event where there is a serious threat to your health, as a result of an accident, serious medical event or trauma, and immediate medical treatment is needed. Transport costs are covered from the place where you are initially treated, to the nearest hospital that can provide the necessary emergency medical treatment. This includes treatment where no transport is provided. It also includes transport between hospitals only where the required emergency care could not be provided at the transferring hospital. See Health Partners Member Guide for Terms & Conditions.

For further information about this policy see: https://www.healthpartners.com.au/health-insurance/understanding-private-health-insurance/

Insurer Details

Health Partners

Basic Hospital Plus $750 Excess

$246.91 / month

(Before Rebate, Discount & Loading)

Available in TAS

Disclaimer: This document is not a Private Health Information Statement (PHIS), and it is not intended to replace that document. The details contained in the healthslips.com.au Policy Information was provided by the insurer to the Australian Government. It is intended as general information. It may not take into account your circumstances. For further information contact the insurer. Information used is Licensed from the Commonwealth of Australia under a Creative Commons 3.0 licence.Private Health Information Statement is available from the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman website at https://privatehealth.gov.au/dynamic/Premium/PHIS/SPS/H65/TCAW20

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