Subsidy & Co-Payment

Screening Phase	Include screening consultation and related laboratory investigations and examinations The Government will provide partial subsidy to cover the relevant expenses Scheme Participant will only need to pay a one-off co-payment fee Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Screening : not more than $120 Hepatitis B Screening : not more than $180 DHC/DHCE will arrange free HBsAg Rapid Diagnostic Test (Applicable to Hepatitis B Co-care Scheme only)
Treatment Phase*	Consultation and Drug	The Government will provide a partial subsidy for each subsidised consultation, while Scheme Participant will only need to pay the co-payment fee determined by Family Doctor upon enrolment to the Scheme. The Government recommended co-payment fee is $150 No additional payment on receiving drugs under the list of Specified Drugs and/or up to 3 days of drugs for episodic illnesses
	Laboratory Investigation	The Government will provide a partial subsidy for each item. Scheme Participant only has to pay the co-payment fee
	Dedicated Nurse Clinic and Allied Health Services under District Health Network (Applicable for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Screening and Management only)	The Government will provide a partial subsidy for each subsidised visit Scheme Participant only has to pay the co-payment fee (per visit) Nurse Clinic : $80 Optometrist/Physiotherapist : $150 Dietitian/Podiatrist : $380

Note:

Subject to mutual agreement, Family Doctor may charge the Scheme Participant for services outside the service scope of the Scheme
Under the bi-directional referral mechanism, each attendance of one-off Medicine specialist consultation provided by HA is charged at a standardised fee of $250. In the event that drug prescription is required, a fee of $20 will be charged for each drug item prescribed [4 weeks as chargeable unit (except for self-financed drugs)]. The arrangement also applies to Scheme Participants who are HA staff or civil service eligible persons.

Elderly Health Care Voucher (including the reward under Pilot Reward Scheme) is applicable to the Scheme

Medical fee waiver is not applicable to the Scheme (including one-off Medicine specialist consultation provided by HA under the bi-directional referral mechanism)

* During the Treatment Phase, Scheme Participant who fulfils the relevant eligible criteria may receive screening for specified chronic diseases, with the same subsidy and co-payment fee as that of Screening Phase