Appointments to see Associate Professor Vivek Thakkar can be made at:
- Joint Medical Specialists in Gregory Hills (convenient for Campbelltown, Camden, Leppington, Picton, Bowral, Wollongong and Canberra).
Urgent requests for appointments from your GP or specialists will be accommodated.
Gregory Hills: Please call 02 9054 9626. Parking is onsite or street-side, and accessed via Lasso Rd.
FEE POLICY
- Fees and applicable medicare rebates will be fully explained to you at the time of making a booking enquiry.
- Usually 45 mins is allocated to an initial consultation, giving enough time to properly assess your problems and set out a investigation and treatment plan;
- Usually 20 mins is allocated to a subsequent or follow-up attendance, and this costs half (50%) of the initial consultation fee. This is to follow-up the investigations and treatment plan, and to make adjustments as needed.
- In most instances, your medicare rebate will be returned into your account by medicare shortly after you have paid the fees (allow 30 mins). In some circumstances if the rebate cannot be immediately processed, you will be provided the necessary information to upload to Medicare or drop off at at a Medicare office.
- The cost of providing high quality specialist care is unfortunately only partly covered by medicare, and there will be some out of pocket expenses explained at the time of making the appointment.
- All accounts are payable in full on the day of consultation.
- Payment options include cash, eftpos or credit card (cheques are not accepted).
- Third Party fees relating to pathology, radiology or allied health (e.g. physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry) are not determined by the practice but every care is made to provide options where these exist.
- A/Prof Thakkar does see worker’s compensation cases. Patients will need to provide a valid authorisation from the insurance company at the time of making the booking.
CANCELLATION POLICY
- Once an appointment has been made, exclusive time has been set aside for you.
- While we understand at times that urgent circumstances require the cancellation and rescheduling of appointments, we ask that you provide at least 48 hours cancellation notice by phone so that we can allocate your appointment to the next patient on the waiting list.
- Patients who cancel within 48 hours or simply do will not be provided with further appointments.
WHAT TO BRING
1. A valid referral– this provides a summary of your key problems and enables you to claim a rebate from Medicare.
2. Relevant tests, investigations and reports
WHAT TO EXPECT
Consultations usually take at least 45 minutes for an initial consultation, and 15-20 minutes for a follow-up. Especially for your first consultation, please come 10 minutes early to allow enough time to complete registration paperwork. While we attempt to run to time, please be patient as consultations times can vary based on the complexity of the problems. The right time to sort out your problems will be provided.
As A/Prof Thakkar will usually examine you, try to wear loose, comfortable clothes to ensure that a thorough and accurate examination can be performed at your convenience.
CLINIC DETAILS & MAPS
Joint Medical Specialists
The Hub
Suite 1007, Level 1, Building C (first building to right when you enter carpark, enter next to Braun)
31C Lasso Rd,
Gregory Hills NSW 2557.
Phone: 02 9054 9626 | Fax: 02 9054 1360
Provider Number: 249201FA
*WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE*
