Child Dental Benefits Schedule benefit cap reached – What Happens Now?

Child Dental Benefits Schedule benefit cap reached – What Happens Now?

Does this Benefit Cap work with allsmiles Dental Centre?
Allsmiles are pleased to provide expert dental care services for children, which can as of January 1st 2014 come under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule. The amount of dental benefits available to eligible patients is capped at $1,000 per eligible patient over two consecutive calendar years.

This maximum amount of dental benefits is known as the benefit cap and the two consecutive calendar years is known as the relevant two year period. So what happens when someone experiences the Child Dental Benefits Schedule benefit cap reached?

Child Dental Benefits Schedule benefit cap reached – What Happens Now?
Once a patient reaches their benefit cap of $1,000 in benefits over the relevant two year period, no further benefits are payable in that benefit cap period.

This means that, where a patient is charged a dental service that would take the patient over the benefit cap, only the amount of unused benefits will be paid for that service.
For example, if a patient has only $51.50 remaining in their benefit cap and is provided a service that has a benefit of $115.45 in the Dental Benefits Schedule:

• If this service is bulk billed, the dentist will only receive $51.50 for this service and the dentist will not charge the patient anything further for the service.
• If this service is not bulk billed (privately billed), the patient will need to pay the dentist the amount charged for the service and the patient will only be able to receive a benefit of $51.50 for the service. In this case, the costs not covered by the available benefit are paid by the patient.

Allsmiles Dental Centre who bulk bill for Child Dental Benefits Schedule can assist in telling you how much is left in your patient’s benefit cap, to allow you to plan treatment and advise patients of any out-of-pocket costs prior to commencing any treatment or service.

Allsmiles services that come under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule?
Allsmiles Dental Centre can help you with the following services that come under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule:

• Examinations
• X-rays
• Cleaning
• Fissure sealing
• White fillings
• Root canals
• Extractions
• Partial dentures
• Other services may also be included, please check with reception when making a booking

Contact us
Contact us online or phone today on 07 5572 8872 about our services and the Child Dental Benefits Schedule. We will return your enquiry as a priority and look forward to discussing in greater detail how allsmiles Dental Centre can care for your children’s dental care needs. We have a practice in Mermaid Waters.

Allsmiles Dental Centre is a bulk billing dentist for services provided that come under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule. Allsmiles will let you know exactly what services and treatments can and cannot come under this new medicare scheme.

Allsmiles Dental Centre now has an app for mobile, which can keep you up to date with news like the Child Dental Benefits Schedule and also exclusive offers for holders of the allsmiles mobile app. Here are two download links where you can retrieve the app from:

Download via Apple
Download via Google