Private Health Fund Rebates for Pilates & Yoga
Everything you need to deliver therapeutic services and how to become an eligible provider through AUSactive
Deliver Therapeutic Pilates & Yoga with Private Health Fund Rebates
AUSactive supports Pilates and Yoga professionals and businesses to meet therapeutic treatment requirements and become eligible for private health fund rebates.
With new changes across private health funds, delivering therapeutic services requires the right qualifications, structure, and compliance.
AUSactive members gain access to educational templates and step-by-step guidance to help them get set up correctly.
To access the full webinar on therapeutic treatment rebates, AUSactive members can log in to their Member Dashboard and visit the Private Health Fund Toolbox for all recordings, resources, templates, and step-by-step guidance.
Log in to your dashboard here.
Not a member? Email info@ausactive.org.au and request the webinar recording from our team.
Pilates Therapeutic Treatment Requirements (Private Health Fund Rebates)
Delivering Therapeutic Pilates for private health fund rebates requires a higher level of qualification, experience, and compliance than general classes. Below is a clear guide to what you need to know.
Qualifications & Experience
To be eligible under most health funds (including Medibank and ARHG-aligned funds), you must:
- Hold a Diploma-level qualification (or higher) in Pilates, including:
- 11292NAT
- 11053NAT
- 11332NAT
- 11333NAT
- Complete approximately 500 hours of supervised training.
- Have completed more than 3,000 hours of practical industry experience.
- Hold current First Aid and CPR certification.
- Complete 20 hours of CPD per year (find out ways to obtain CPD here).
- Hold a current Working with Children Check or Working with Vulnerable People registration.
- Hold current Professional Indemnity Insurance with a minimum cover of $5 million per claim, plus a minimum of $10 million Public Liability Insurance.
Important
- The 500 supervised hours are not included in the 3,000 hours.
- The 3,000 hours must be post-qualification experience.
- For most professionals, this equates to more than eight years of industry experience.
Pilates
Pilates is a mind-body exercise method that improves efficient movement patterns, postural awareness, coordinated strength, flexibility, and respiratory function. It enhances physical function by supporting strength, alignment, balance, range of motion, breathing efficiency, and overall functional capacity.
Pilates is also used to prevent and manage injuries and chronic conditions by reducing pain, improving mobility, and supporting musculoskeletal health. Its mindful, purposeful movement approach further promotes mental wellbeing.
It can be performed “on the mat”, on specialised Pilates equipment (often utilising springs for resistance and challenge) and can incorporate the use of small props.
Approved Courses
| Qualification | Education Provider |
|---|---|
| Diploma of Professional Pilates Instruction | National Pilates Training |
| Advanced Diploma of the Pilates Method | Pilates ITC |
| Diploma of Polestar Pilates Comprehensive Instruction Method | Polestar Pilates Australia |
| Integrated Diploma in Contemporary Pilates and Teaching Methodology | Tensegrity Training |
Yoga Therapeutic Treatment Requirements (Private Health Fund Rebates)
Delivering Therapeutic Yoga for private health fund rebates requires a higher level of qualification, experience, and compliance than general classes. Below is a clear guide to what you need to know.
Qualifications & Experience:
- Must have completed, at a minimum, a government-accredited Certificate IV in Yoga Teaching or an equivalent 500-hour yoga teacher training course.
- 11149NAT
- A minimum of 800 hours of post-qualification yoga teaching experience (with at least five years of teaching experience required).
- Any educational qualifications will not be recognised if they were attained by completing:
- A correspondence or online-only course; and/or
- Therapeutic training that was not completed under supervision.
- Online learning must not exceed 50% of the total course delivery.
- Must hold current Professional Indemnity Insurance with a minimum cover of $2 million per claim, plus a minimum of $10 million Public Liability Insurance. The professional indemnity insurance policy must cover each practice and each modality.
Yoga
Yoga is a practice originating in India in which qualified practitioners prescribe postures, breathing techniques, and focused awareness to cultivate physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.
Therapeutic benefits are well supported by clinical evidence, and as a comprehensive system, yoga often provides a whole-person approach in addition to addressing the symptoms initially presented.
| Qualification | Education Provider |
|---|---|
|
500 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Course Certificate IV in Yoga Teaching |
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