Management of Long Term Health Issues | Kelvale Medical Group

Chronic Conditions Management:

Do you have a long term health issue?
At Kelvale we will help you to manage your condition to maintain your best health and wellbeing

Kelvale can help you manage your longer term health issues such as:

Diabetes
Asthma
Chronic lung disease
Cardiovascular (Heart) disease
Osteoporosis
Osteoarthritis
Weight mangement

And other long term conditions including people who have a disability.

We have dedicated primary health nurses who will regularly send you reminders for your pathology tests, nurse and doctor visits and referrals to relevant other specialist providers.

In this way, nothing is overlooked and you will have the best management of your condition.

Assessments:

You will be assessed by our primary health nurse and your doctor.

A care plan will be formulated for you, outlining your treatment goals and management.

This can then include Medicare funded access through team care arrangements to:

Physiotherapists
Podiatrists
Exercise physiologist
Dieticians
Others as approved by Medicare

This will enable you to receive Medicare rebates for these services.

Appointments:

One hour appointments comprise consultation with our Primary Health nurse followed by your doctor.

Please ensure you request a care plan when making a booking with reception.

Chronic Disease

Kelvale provides Chronic Conditions Management during regular hours:

Appointments outside of these hours are by request.

Please ensure you request a Care Plan when making a booking with reception.

You will first see the nurse on arrival for your assessment, followed by a visit with your doctor to review your Care Plan.

We have adopted the following practices when pricing our services to maintain our quality standards but also make access to healthcare as affordable as possible:

Aged Pension Card holders, DVA Card holders and Child Immunisations are Bulk-billed.

For all other patients there is a small charge in excess of the Medicare rebate.

Medicare rebates apply for all ancillary services if you have an up-to-date Care Plan: