Fees

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Fees are payable in full when booking appointments. Travel fee and additional costs invoiced separately.

As an Endorsed Midwife,  you are given the opportunity to claim medicare rebates for lactation/midwifery services up to 6w6days postnatally.  To be eligible for Midwifery Services you need a referral letter from your GP or obstetrician.  A letter is not required if you are seeking one off Lactation services only (up to 6 weeks and 6 days postnatal). You will be provided with a receipt for services that you can then take to Medicare or your private health fund to claim rebates. Not all private health funds cover lactation and midwifery services, check with your fund if relevant to you.

Our online booking system, means you can pay for your consultation in full at the time of booking. Additional travel or weekend/after hours costs will be invoiced separately and can be paid in cash on the day or via our booking system. 

*Travel costs apply if over 40mins travel time (via Google Maps from Hallett Cove).

  • Weekend/public holiday call out fee $60

  • Travel cost between 40-60 mins $25

  • Travel cost over 60mins $60

It would be expected an initial breastfeeding consult would take approximately 1.5 hours and follow up appointments only 45mins.  Times in excess of this will incur an additional fee of $50/30mins.

Confirmation of an appointment with us requires completion of a comprehensive Intake Questionnaire at least 24 hours prior to our appointment time without exception. This gives us time to review your responses and plan our time together effectively. Incompletion of this WILL result in your appointment being rescheduled or cancelled. The questionnaire is simple and takes approximately 10-15 mins to complete. This is a small practice and as such, confirmation from clients is crucial to avoid unfairly missed revenue and inefficient use of consult time.

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Some Health fund rebates apply in some instances.

Health funds that provide rebates

  • Medibank

  • BUPA

  • NIB

  • HCF

  • Teachers Union Health

  • CBHS

  • Defence Health

  • Police Health

  • Peoplecare

  • AHM

  • Australian Unity

  • Health Partners

  • St Luke's Health

Check with your health fund if not mentioned above. Some will rebate depending on cover level.

Medicare postnatal antenatal

Cancellation policy

In the event you need to change or cancel your lactation booking, our cancellation policy is as follows:

  • if a booking is cancelled more than 48 hours prior to the scheduled time, there is no charge payable by you (except our administration fee).

  • if a booking is cancelled less than 48 hours (business days) prior to the scheduled time, 50% of the consultation fee is payable at time of cancellation.

  • If given appropriate notice, We are more than happy to reschedule. We will only reschedule appointments once at no cost to you. If you have rescheduled once already and you cancel the second time, this is considered a cancellation and fees will apply at the time of cancellation.

  • Reversal of monies paid will incur a 3% administration fee (regardless of reasons for cancellation). Please allow up to 10 days for monies to appear in your account.

  • Adelaide Lactation Consultants, Midwifery & Hypnobirthing reserves the right to cancel or reschedule appointments if required Intake Questionnaires/relevant consents are not completed at least 24 hours prior to scheduled appointment time.

We reserve the right to use our discretion depending on circumstances.  If an appointment is cancelled at the last minute, this can be difficult to fill for another client who we may of already turned away.