Private Health Funds
Effective Minds is a provider of health and wellness services, Clinical Hypnotherapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling. Effective Minds works directly with private health funds in Australia; we also offer health fund rebates through our accreditation and membership with various Australian Hypnotherapy Associations. Some health funds provide refunds for a wide range of services, including hypnotherapy, to help clients achieve optimal health and well-being.
Taking this into consideration, we work with private health funds directly and indirectly, and it’s important to note that the list of health funds below is only a guide, and clients should check with their funds to confirm coverage. This will ensure that you can take full advantage of any benefits you may be entitled to.
Health fund provider numbers are issued to the provider and not Norwest Wellbeing. It is important to understand that private health fund coverage may vary from provider to provider based on the service you are booking. All required provider numbers will be on your invoice issued electronically after your booking.
Most health funds we work with do not allow online claims; therefore, you will not need an item number. We also do not have a Hicaps service available in the clinic.
Changes to cover your health fund are at the sole discretion of the fund and outside of our control. If your fund does not provide cover, please consider contacting them and asking why. The more enquiries they receive, the more likely they are to provide cover for hypnotherapy.
Provider List
| Fund name | Provides cover | Additional information | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Health Management (AHM) | Provides cover | AHM only cover for stop smoking | 134246 |
| CBHS Health Fund | Provides cover | CBHS Health Fund verify the provider through the Australian Hypnotherapy Association when validating a claim. | 1300654123 |
| CUA Health Fund | Provides cover | You must have a doctor’s letter/referral advising that you are having hypnotherapy for stress management, weight loss or quit smoking. Benefit will cover up to $200 per family per year. | 1300499260 |
| Grand United Health | Provides cover | Grand United Health verify the provider through the Australian Hypnotherapy Association when validating a claim. | 1800249966 |
| Health Care Insurance Limited | Provides cover | The client will have 2 options for weight management and stop smoking. They can go via a “health maintenance claim form” that can be down loaded from the https://help.health.maintenance-programs?b_id=1114 website and must be signed by their GP to cover up to $200 and then they can also go via their “Natural Health Therapy cover for up to a further $300. Their Natural Health Cover section covers all other issues apart from the stop smoking and weight management. A claim via their Natural Health Therapist Cover does not require a GP signature. | 1800804950 |
| Health Partners | Provides cover | Health Partners verify the provider through the Australian Hypnotherapy Association when validating a claim. | 1300113113 |
| Navy Health Fund | Provides cover | Conditions apply; check directly with your fund if they cover Clinical Hypnotherapy. | 1300306289 |
| Navy Health | Provides cover | Conditions apply; check directly with your fund if they cover Clinical Hypnotherapy. | 1300306289 |
| NRMA Health Insurances | Provides cover | Conditions apply; check directly with your fund if they cover Clinical Hypnotherapy. | 132818 |
| Phoenix Health Fund | Provides cover | Conditions apply; check directly with your fund if they cover Clinical Hypnotherapy. | 1800028817 |
| Queensland Country Health | Provides cover | Conditions apply; check directly with your fund if they cover Clinical Hypnotherapy. | 1800813415 |
| RT Health Fund (Formerly Railway and Transport Health Fund Ltd | Provides cover | Conditions apply; check directly with your fund if they cover Clinical Hypnotherapy. | 1300886123 |
| Reserve Bank Health Society | Provides cover | Conditions apply; check directly with your fund if they cover Clinical Hypnotherapy. | 1800027299 |
| Teachers Federation Health | Provides cover | Conditions apply; check directly with your fund if they cover Clinical Hypnotherapy. | 1300727538 |
| GU Health | Provides cover | Conditions apply; check directly with your fund if they cover Clinical Hypnotherapy. | https://www.guhealth.com.au/ |
| HBF | Provides cover | Conditions apply; check directly with your fund if they cover Clinical Hypnotherapy. | Tel:133423 |
| Australian Regional Health Group (ARHG) | Partial cover | Some of the group covers Hypnotherapy with a psychologist, and others of the group do not. | TEL:0401832061 |
| Australian Unity | Partial cover | Since mid 2018, Australian Unity no longer offer policies that include hypnotherapy. They do pay rebates on policies held prior to 2018 which covered hypnotherapy. | 132939 |
| Medibank Private | Partial cover | Online claims are not available for hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy rebates are only available to Medibank Private members that were members prior to April 2011 and opted for package bonus. The package bonus allows their members to pick what they want to cover in their package bonus when they join. Bonuses accumulate at $50 per year total for the auxiliary package. | 1300427149 |
| ACA Health Benefits Fund | No cover | No cover for Hypnotherapy | 1300368390 |
| BUPA Australia | No cover | No cover for Hypnotherapy | 1300690122 |
| Credicare Health Fund | No cover | No cover for Hypnotherapy | TEL:1300499260 |
| Central West Health | No cover | No cover for Hypnotherapy | 0481816689 |
| Cessnock District Health | No cover | No cover for Hypnotherapy | 02%204990%201385 |
| HCF | No cover | No cover for Hypnotherapy | 131334 |
| Latrobe Health Services | No cover | No cover for Hypnotherapy | 1300362144 |
| Lysaght Peoplecare | No cover | No cover for Hypnotherapy | 1800808690 |
| MBF Australia | No cover | Merged with Bupa | 1300690122 |
| NIB | No cover | No cover for Hypnotherapy | 131642 |
| One Medi Fund | No cover | No cover for Hypnotherapy | 1800148626 |
| Police Health Fund | No cover | No cover for Hypnotherapy | 1800603603 |
| St Lukes | No cover | No cover for Hypnotherapy | 1300651988 |
| Transport Health | No cover | No cover for Hypnotherapy | 1300 806 808 |
| Westfund | No cover | No cover for Hypnotherapy | 1300937838 |
