What is a Pats program?
How far can you travel in one week for renal treatment?
Is a permanent residence in the NT?
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Apply for patient assistance travel scheme | NT.GOV.AU
The Patient Assistance Travel Scheme (PATS) is provided for you to attend the nearest approved specialist service in the NT. This could include being sent to one of the five public hospitals or a visiting specialist or a service provided by Telehealth.
Patient Assistance Travel Scheme (PATS) Guidelines
Patient Assistance Travel Scheme guidelines DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Page 5 of 29 20/06/2017, Version: 16.0 Patients are not eligible for PATS if they: Are on holiday or on business and live in another jurisdiction.
Patient Assistance Travel Scheme contacts | NT.GOV.AU
PATS office Location Phone Fax Mail; Alice Springs: Alice Springs Hospital Gap Road Alice Springs NT 0870: 08 8951 7846 : PO Box 2234 Alice Springs NT 0871
Patient Assisted Travel Scheme (PATS) - Department of Communities
The Patient Assisted Travel Scheme (PATS) provides a subsidy towards the cost of travel and accommodation for eligible permanent country residents, and their approved escorts, who are required to travel a long distance to access certain categories of specialist medical services including Telehealth.
Patient travel: health professionals | NT Health
Patient Assistance Travel Scheme Travel Management System login, training, privacy and contact.
WA Country Health Service - Patient Assisted Travel Scheme - PATS
Home; Our patients; Patient Assisted Travel Scheme - PATS; Patient Assisted Travel Scheme - PATS Provides financial assistance for eligible WA country residents to access their nearest medical specialist service not available locally.
What to do if you attend a NT specialist appointment?
If you attend an NT specialist appointment and you are advised that you need further medical treatment not available in the NT, you may be referred to a visiting specialist service or to an interstate specialist service.
How to access PATS?
To access PATS you must have a current referral from a practitioner to see an NT specialist.
Can a dental practitioner refer you to a PATS?
A referral by a GP or dental practitioner direct to an interstate specialist is not eligible for PATS. The referring practitioner will apply on your behalf to the Patient Assistance Travel Scheme (PATS). They will outline the service you need, where it is and if you need an escort.
Travel fares
You can claim full cover for air and bus travel, at the cheapest rate taking into account all travel factors.
Ground transport
You can claim up to $50 for the entire approved trip. Escorts are not eligible for a ground subsidy.
Fuel
You can claim 20 cents per kilometre per patient, to a maximum of three patients per vehicle.
Getting home
If you have been taken to a medical service for emergency treatment or have been transferred between hospitals, you and your escort may be able to get help to return home.
What is the Patient Assistance Transport Scheme?
Through the Patient Assistance Transport Scheme (PATS), subsidies are provided to assist South Australians who are required to travel more than 100km each way to access necessary and approved medical specialist services that are not available locally.
Who is the PATS program?
PATS is a subsidy program funded by the Government of South Australia and administered through the six regional local health networks by the Rural Support Service in SA Health.
What is TMS in healthcare?
The Travel Management System (TMS) is the online system used by the Department of Health to log all requests from the Patient Assistance Travel Scheme (PATS) including: Read about the Patient Assistance Travel Scheme (PATS).
Which act is the Department of Health bound by?
All Department of Health users are bound by the Information Privacy Principles under the Northern Territory Information Act.
What is a Pats program?
The Patient Assistance Travel Scheme (PATS) is a subsidy program that provides financial help for travel and accommodation expenses if you need to travel a long distance to see an approved medical specialist.
How far can you travel in one week for renal treatment?
have to travel more than 400km in one week for renal or oncology treatment.
Is a permanent residence in the NT?
your permanent residence is not in the NT - this includes fly-in-fly-out contractors
