If you value prevention over cure, Wellness covers you for a range of lifestyle services including remedial massage, nutritionists, reflexology, yoga, pilates and travel vaccinations. Wellness is available with any Essentials or Twin Pack product.
Wellness provides benefits for a wide range of lifestyle services, like: remedial massage/ myotherapy, travel vaccinations, nicotine replacement therapy, yoga and pilates programs, nutritionist and herbalist consultations, reflexology, psychology, exercise physiology, health monitoring equipment and preventative equipment.
Your Wellness benefits are paid from two groups
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Group 1: | ||||
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The health services outlined below have individual benefit maximums, so you can continue to claim each service until you reach the individual benefit maximum for that service in any calendar year. |
Waiting Period |
Benefits up to |
Max pp per calendar year | |
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Psychology |
Psychologists specialised in approved disciplines such as Clinical, Counselling, Educational & Development Psychology. |
2 mths |
$44 (initial & standard) $22 (group) |
$450 |
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Exercise Physiology |
Exercise Physiologists are providers of exercise interventions for physical rehabilitations; as a strategy for disease prevention; or for establishing & sustaining functional independence. |
2 mths |
$21 (1-6 consultations) $12 (7+ consultations) $10 (group) |
$300 |
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Remedial Massage/Myotherapy |
Remedial massage treatment assists in healing parts of the body that have been injured or left inactive due to age, illness or injury. | 2 mths |
$21 (1-6 consultations) $12 (7+ consultations) |
$200 |
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Nutritionist |
Nutritionists provide advice about food choices for a healthy diet using their extensive knowledge of the nutritional value for foods. |
2 mths |
$33 (initial) $17 (subsequent) |
$200 |
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Travel Vaccinations |
Travel vaccinations protect people against disease when travelling. Benefit is payable for typhoid, yellow fever, cholera, meningococcal, small pox, poliomyelitis, hepatitis A and B. |
2 mths |
On receipt | $100 |
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Nicotine Replacement Therapy |
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) prevents illness by helping members to quit smoking. NRT includes patches, lozenges, gum & Nicotine Inhalers. | 2 mths | On receipt | $100 |
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Pilates Program* |
Pilates is an exercise style that involves training your muscles to improve posture and alignment. | 2 mths | $75 per program | $150 |
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Group 2: | |||||
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The health services outlined below have a group benefit maximum of $300. That means you can claim up to a total of $300 across all of those services in any calendar year but individual benefit maximums also apply. |
Waiting Period | Benefits up to | Max pp per calendar year | Group max pp per calendar year | |
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Reflexology |
Reflexology is a therapy based on the principle that reflex areas in the feet, hands and ears relate to the internal organs and other structures of the body. | 2 mths | $21 per consultation | $150 | $300 |
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Herbalist Consultation |
Herbalists prescribe and prepare natural remedies specific to their client's health profiles using plants and plant parts. Providers of Herbalist consultations may provide Western herbal medicine consultations or Chinese herbal medicine consultations. Herbs not included. | 2 mths | $25 per consultation | $100 | $300 |
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Yoga Program* |
Yoga is a system of exercises that help your control of the body and mind. It also improves your breathing and focuses the alignment of your body. | 2 mths | $75 per program | $75 | $300 |
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Health Monitoring Equipment |
Equipment to monitor your health to identify potential illness before it occurs and assist in early preventative strategies being put in place. Inclusions: Bathroom/Body Weight Scales, Cholesterol Monitoring Kit, Blood Pressure Monitor, Pedometers, Heart Monitoring Equipment, Thermometers. | 2 mths | On receipt | $75 | $300 |
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Preventative Equipment |
Preventative equipment prevents injury from occurring when exercising or doing activities designed to improve health. Inclusions: Joint & Back Supports, Braces, Pressure Garments, Aids to Recovery Equipment. | 2 mths | On receipt | $75 | $300 |
All Wellness services have a two-month waiting period before you can claim benefits.
Benefits are only payable for services and programs provided by HBF approved providers.
*A single Wellness policy costs $204.95pa based on WA rates, which is equivalent to $3.95 a week when paid annually by direct debit after deducting the Federal Government 30% Rebate on private health insurance.
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