The Primary Mental Health Brief Intervention Service funds two GP counselling sessions/consultations for individuals experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues.
Your Pinnacle Services Contract applies to this service. By claiming for this service, you have indicated that you have read and agreed to the business rules set out here.
This is NOT a clinical guideline.
Any practice in Waikato can refer for this service.
Practices may claim up to two (2) claims for clinical GP/NP consultation, per year, where the patient is presenting acutely in a distressed or mentally unwell state, and they require immediate assessment to see whether they can be managed in primary care or need acute secondary referral.
Patients aged 12 years and over living in the Te Whatu Ora Waikato area and enrolled with a Pinnacle practice.
Patients who are not enrolled with a Pinnacle practice.
For each eligible patient, a practice can claim a maximum of 2 extended consults in a 12-month period.
Prices are GST inclusive.
Clinical GP/NP appointment - $75.00
Where the patient is presenting acutely in a distressed or mentally unwell state, and they require immediate assessment to see whether they can be managed in primary care or need acute secondary referral.
These consultations are expected to happen rarely, and consultation notes need to reflect the level of distress at presentation and why immediate assessment was necessary.
This claim is for an appointment likely to take longer than 30 minutes.
No patient co-payment can be charged after the first 15 minutes.
This programme is subject to audit.
indici practices
Select the Primary Mental Health Service from the funded services to the right of your patient palette.
MedTech practices
Please complete a MedTech Advanced Form (Primary Mental Health – GP).
Practices are required to provide sufficiently detailed consultation notes to determine appropriate use of funding.
It has been recommended that in addition to a good assessment and history, the full range of appropriate observations should be documented. It is important to state the time of consultations and interactions with the patient.
Non-urgent appointment: no patient co-payment to be charged.
For an urgent assessment only: where an appointment takes longer than 30 minutes, the practice can charge a patient co-payment if they deem it appropriate.
The service is funded by Te Whatu Ora.
Primary mental health team
PrimaryMentalHealth@pinnacle.health.nz
0800 646 764
With the change to indici claiming for some services, the eligibililty criteria is automated wherever possible. Find out how to adding the patient’s domicile DHB to their enrolment page to ensure they are recognised as eligible.
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