Updating Your Patient Fees

This Year's Allowable Fees Increase

For the 2024-2025 period, the Annual Statement of Reasonable Fee Increase (ASRFI) is 7.76% for practices with 50% capitation funding. This allowable fee increase differs depending on your capitation revenue split. If you have any ‘banked’ allowable fee increases from previous years, you can add this to get your practice's Total ASRFI available.

Where any fee increases exceed the Total Annual Statement of Reasonable Fee Increase and the adult patient fees are more than $65 (incl.GST), Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora will consider it for referral to the Fees Review Committee (FRC) for independent review.

 

Notification for Increasing Fees: Fees Increase Form

Any fee changes for enrolled patients are to be notified to WellSouth for Health NZ approval. This should occur as soon as practical, and preferably before the increase takes effect. In any case, notification to WellSouth for Health NZ approval must be made within 2 weeks of the fee increase taking effect.

Important Information:

  • WellSouth will confirm receipt of the completed Fee Increase Form.

  • It may take WellSouth up to 5 working days to process your request. 

  • In addition, Health NZ can take up to 20 working days to respond with the outcome of your proposed fee increase. Keep this in mind when deciding your fee increase effective date. 

  • We will also notify you of the outcome once Health NZ has completed their review.

Please submit your completed Fee Increase Form to practicenetwork@wellsouth.org.nz.