Teachers Health Fund

Hi,

Has anyone out there used Teachers Health Fund? and if so how have you found them, heplful! Crossing my fingers that I'm covered, have had cover for over 3 years. I can't get a straight answer from until I have all the details from my surgeon.

Just ask your health fund if they cover surgery based on medicare item #31575 - that's for sleeve - good luck

Thanks for that I'll give them a ring.  Congratulation on a great start, hope everything is going well for you.  I hope to join you all shortly

Hi 
I claimed my sleeve through the Teachers Health fund no problems, I had top cover so had private room etc 
Nita

Hi

Thanks again guys, I'm hoping to go in during school holidays with an extra week.  Don't think I'll make these holidays maybe the next.  Although I'm a little scared that if something goes wrong I'll have been a bit selfish with a son doing HSC.  I'm not a teacher but have 6 teachers and 700 kids expecting me to be there, they don't usually find a replacement for a week but any more than that and it's not so easy.  It's bad that I'm feeling a bit guilty and nothings happened yet. 
 

I've had Top Hospital and Top Extras with Teachers Health for just over a year, I got in a month before I turned 30 and have been paying $87.80 each fortnight which has just gone up to $93.70 a fortnight. 

You can have a look to see if they have an agreement with the hospital you are thinking of getting surgery at Resources - Find a Provider. With the Top Hospital they will cover you if the surgery has a medicare number, my surgeon gave me the medicare numbers: 31575 and 30390 to check with Teachers Health which they said that yes they do cover with Top Hospital.

I've requested a private room at St John of God Hospital in Geelong which I hope I will get!

I communicate via email with teachers health, just so I've got things in writing.

I have this and my policy was 12 months in end of December.  I emailed them with the item number so that I knew in writing how much I was covered for.  I paid for a package up front of $5k for everything, including the psychologist, dietitian and surgeon visits for 12 months.  I knew that the psychologist and dietitian would come in handy so was glad there was a package available.  I looked at my bill BEFORE my PHI was taken out and it was $12800, as I did have a few extra little probs in the private hospital after.  

I was supposed to have a private room but had to share with a 96 year old lady.  The day before surgery this would have bugged me, but during the stay I hardly noticed.  

The GAP for my anaesthetist was $600 too.