Combining mainstream medicine with evidence-based complementary medicine to achieve optimal health outcomes.
This whole-person model focuses on the root causes of illness and is useful for preventive health care, complex and chronic illness.
Work with a practitioner that you can see is most aligned with your needs, or discuss further with your Health Coach at your onboarding appointment. Opt in for the Foundational Test Pack for the most efficient start to your program.
IVF Support and Fertility Naturopathy
Whether you’re thinking about avoiding conception, having a baby, preparing for birth and breastfeeding, or struggling to conceive, work with practitioners who specialise in fertility, or natural contraception and gain the confidence to do it naturally.
Book An IVF Support and Fertility Naturopathy Appointment
Consultation time: 60 Minutes
Cost: New patients – $295 Initial Consultation^ + $165 Wellness Kickstarter*
Read Samantha Van Dort’s full profile here.
^ No Medicare Rebates available.
* The Wellness Kickstarter is the essential and required first step for all new clients.
All rates are charged pro-rata.
Functional Naturopathy and Nutrition
Commonly our Naturopaths and Nutritionists find answers that have often been overlooked. We understand that when you suffer with chronic illness you have often been to a variety of health practitioners with little or no improvement.
Our practitioner take a holistic and functional approach to your healthcare, combining traditional and evidence-based complementary approaches to help you get answers by focusing on identifying and treating the cause, rather than the symptoms alone, and supporting the body to heal itself by strengthening the body’s systems through natural interventions.
Utilising Bio-resonance and Functional testing to identify what is holding you back, we assess gut health, mental health, nutrient and vitamin deficiencies, hormonal health and toxic burden.
Our New Patient Foundations Package Includes:
- Wellness Kickstarter
- Foundational Test Pack
- Initial Consultation
- Autonomic Response Testing + Review
- Review Consultation
Book A Functional Naturopathy and Nutrition Appointment
Consultation time: 60 Minutes
Cost: New patients – $295 initial consultation^ + $165 Wellness Kickstarter*
New Patient Foundations Package – $2,200
Read Kate McCandless’s full profile here.
Read Stephanie Gadsden’s full profile here.
Read Samantha Van Dort’s full profile here.
^ No Medicare Rebates available.
Integrative Medicine By Telehealth
Dr Tania Ash
Key support areas include Breast Implant Illness, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) and CBD prescribing.
A clinician, teacher and lecturer of Functional/Integrative Medicine (IM) in Australia. Dr Tania Ask holds a medical degree from Melbourne University, a fellowship with RACGP and a fellowship in Integrative Medicine with A5M (Australasian Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine). Dr Ash has worked with patients with complex illnesses including chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) /fibromyalgia, stealth infections, mould CIRS and autism over the past 26 years.
Read Dr Tania Ash’s full profile here.
Book An Integrative Medicine By Telehealth Appointment
Cost: Pathology review (pathology referral) $150 (active clients only)
Dr Tania Ash
NEW PATIENT Medical Consultation**
Consultation time: 120min
Calendar Duration: 60min consult
+
30min x 2 pre & post admin
Cost: New patients: $1,150 / Rebate^
+
*$165 Wellness Kickstarter
Bespoke Pathology Review
Consultation time: 25min
Cost: $150 / Rebate^ – $0 (active clients only)
Pathology Referral: (MC) MEDCAN
Consultation time: 10min
Cost: $50
MEDCAN / CBD Assessment / Review
Cost: $350 / Rebate^ – $79.70
Medical Consultation
Dr Tania Ash has 30 years experience as a doctor, with the past 20 years in Integrative Medicine. Please note that her fees reflect this level of senior medical experience. As a service industry, like an accountant or lawyer, a significant proportion of the consulting time is administration. So typically half of a consultation is the Telehealth consulting screen time, and half spent on a combination of:-checking results ahead of the call, plus developing a treatment plan, including ordering pathology, radiology, specialist referrals if necessary, resources incl meal and lifestyle plans, key protocol individualised supplements and medications as required-all of which is documented for patient clarity and shared in the Patient Portal.
Consultation time: 15min
Cost: $143.75 / Rebate^ – $41.20
Consultation time: 30min
Cost: $143.75 / Rebate^ – $79.70
Consultation time: 45min
Cost: $431.25 / Rebate^ – $79.70
Consultation time: 60min
Cost: $575.00 / Rebate^ – $117.40
+ 15mins preparation file review for current patients
+ 30mins preparation file review for new patients
Consultation time: 90min
Cost: $862.50 / Rebate^ – $117.40
+ 15mins preparation file review for current patients
+ 30mins preparation file review for new patients
Administration Outside Consultation
Consultation time: 30min
Cost: Medical Certificate / Letter / Script $50 / Rebate^ – $0
Cost: Report / Professional Correspondence: 30min – $250 / Rebate^ – $0
Cost: Merge Health Patient File Review 15min – $$143.75 / Rebate^ – $0
The Wellness Kickstarter is the essential and required first step for all new clients.
** File review and admin time is included for all new clients into the practice for the first time and is booked as a separate appointment. Please note that admin time may vary depending on the needs of the individual and should be discussed with the doctor of varying costs as a result.
* TeleHealth — Claiming with Medicare — Medicare rebates for telehealth/telephone consultations may only be provided by having at least one face-to-face service in the past 12 months, with either your usual medical practitioner or a Medicare approved practitioner at Merge Health.
^ Rebates are dependant on Medicare eligibility, which are variable and changing depending on Medicare updates.
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