nib Health Care @ Home

Kinship is a nursing service operated by an experienced and reputable provider that enables patients to receive infusions in their home. With Kinship, you can offer flexibility and choice to your patients by offering them the option of treatment at home, provided by a trusted and experienced nurse. For more information:


Phone: 1800 570 820 
Email: [email protected] 
Web: www.mykinship.com.au 

ViewHealth – [email protected] is owned, managed and staffed by health professionals who have a wealth of experience treating patients in the home setting. Australia’s leading provider of home-based infusion services. Trusted by over 1,400 specialist doctors across the country to administer cancer therapies and infusions for medical conditions safely, where and when it’s convenient for their patients. 

Phone: 1300 466 324  
Email: [email protected] 
Web: https://chemoathome.com.au/

• Be a member of nib or GU Health (Australian residents only), this includes anyone who holds a health insurance policy underwritten by nib but sold under third party brands such as Qantas, APIA, Suncorp, AAMI, ING and Priceline.
  

• Be 18 years old and above  
  

• Have a hospital product which includes chemotherapy services & have served all relevant waiting periods   
  

• Requires IV chemotherapy or subcutaneous or intramuscular chemotherapy for cancer    

• Suitable to complete chemo at home as clinically assessed by their specialist  

Included

• Services covered are to be in line with services covered for an admitted patient in hospital
  

• Other services or infusion services that are required to be paid with MBS item 13950 (chemotherapy)
  

• PBS Medication (for intended use)
  

• Hospital substitution services only
  

• Prosthesis only associated with MBS item number 13950 and paid in line with PL
  

• Patients switching from public to private

Excluded

• Out-patient delivered chemotherapy
  

• Type C chemotherapy services
  

• Other infusion services not related to MBS item 13950 (chemotherapy)
  

• Orally or topically applied chemotherapy
  

• Clinical trials (we would still pay for the normal delivery of chemotherapy as part of the clinical trial)
  

• High-cost drugs
  

• International / NZ members
  

• Cancellation fees (to be covered by patient if due to patient fault)

• Patients who are on frequent/daily treatments who find it difficult to travel to a hospital
  

• Patients who dont have a good support network for attending hospital appointments
  

• Patients with families that need to take time off work to drive loved ones to appointments
  

• Patients who find it difficult to attend appointments during regular office hours
  

• Frail or elderly patients with other co-morbidities
  

• Patients with young families
  

• Patients who are clinically appropriate to receive chemotherapy in the home treatment

Kinship and ViewHealth – [email protected] will submit invoices direct to nib, you won’t have to do anything.

nib’s Health Care @ Home - chemotherapy will cover you for services in line with in hospital treatment. This means if you have not paid your excess this calendar year, you will need to do this as part of the chemotherapy in the home treatment. If there are any out of pocket costs, the provider will inform you of these prior to starting your treatment.

Please contact Kinship and ViewHealth - [email protected] for information on program locations.