Subsidy Level & Co-Payment

Subsidy & Co-payment

Service Provider Service Content Government Subsidy Scheme Participant Co-payment Fee
Family Doctor Screening Consultation $196 (one-off) $120 (one-off)
Treatment Consultation $166 (per subsidised consultation) Co-payment fee per visit as determined by the Family Doctor upon enrolment in the Scheme
(the Government recommended co-payment fee is $150)
Drug For each Scheme Participant who is provided with drugs for chronic diseases included in the list of Specified Drugs during the quarter, the Family Doctor can receive a quarterly subsidy of $105 per Scheme Participant No additional co-payment fee for drugs under the list of Specified Drugs and/or up to 3 days of drugs for episodic illnesses
Medical Laboratory Investigations in Screening Phase Full subsidy No additional co-payment fee
Investigations in Treatment Phase Partial subsidy per investigation item Co-payment fee per item*
Nurse Clinic and Allied Health Services Nurse Clinic services Partial subsidy per subsidised visit Co-payment fee per visit*
Allied Health services
(optometrists/ podiatrists/ dietitians/ physiotherapists) 		Partial subsidy per subsidised visit Co-payment fee per visit*
DHC/DHCE Health management group activities Full subsidy No additional 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
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)