Subsidy & Co-Payment

Subsidy & Co-Payment

Screening Phase
  • Include screening consultation and related laboratory investigations and examinations
  • The Government will provide a one-off fixed subsidy of $196 to cover the relevant expenses. Scheme Participant will only need to pay a one-off co-payment fee of $120
Treatment Phase Consultation
and
Drug
  • The Government will provide a partial subsidy of $166 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
Nurse Clinic
and
Allied Health Services
  • The Government will provide a partial subsidy for each subsidised visit
  • Scheme Participant only has to pay the co-payment fee
Note:
  1. Subject to mutual agreement, Family Doctor may charge the Scheme Participant for services outside the service scope of the Scheme
  2. Under the bi-directional referral mechanism, each attendance of one-off Medicine specialist consultation provided by HA is charged at a standardised fee of $135. In the event that drug prescription is required, a charge of $15 will be applied per prescribed drug item. The arrangement also applies to Scheme Participants who are HA staff or civil service eligible persons
Elderly Health Care Voucher
Elderly Health Care Voucher (including the reward under Pilot Reward Scheme) is applicable to the Scheme
Medical fee waiver
Medical fee waiver is not applicable to the Scheme (including one-off Medicine specialist consultation provided by HA under the bi-directional referral mechanism)