Herceptin not covered by private health fund
Has anyone else had the issue that your Herceptin treatment wasn’t covered by your health fund? I’m getting treatment through Greenslopes Private in Brisbane and have just found out that they haven...
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That’s what I thought. The hospital told me they don’t bother sending the account to the health fund as the health fund won’t pay it. Health fund says they will if it’s on the PBS and an inpatient procedure (check and check). However, if the hospital doesn’t even send the paperwork I don’t get reimbursement for pathology and the oncologist doesn’t get paid. Guess who’ll have to cover that if they decide to continue this bull****. The hospital is trying to say that they absorb the costs of the Herceptin treatment until the administrators decide if they will charge the patients or not. WHAT!?!?! I’m afraid I didn’t keep my cool with the lady from the hospital when she said that. Yeah right, no one works for free and especially not in private practice/hospital! Feeling very frustrated that’s for sure.