Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2006

 

Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2006

CONTENTS

1.Citation1

2.Application1

3.Charges payable in respect of surgically implanted prostheses2

4.Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 1994 revoked2

Notes

Compilation table3

 

Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927

Hospitals (Services Charges) Regulations 1984

Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2006

1.Citation

This determination is the Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2006.

2. Application

This determination applies —

(a)to all public hospitals other than day hospitals, nursing homes and nursing posts; and

(b)with respect to —

(i)private in‑patients;

(ii)compensable in‑patients;

(iii)ineligible in‑patients;

(iv)private same day patients;

(v)compensable same day patients; and

(vi)ineligible same day patients.

3.Charges payable in respect of surgically implanted prostheses

(1)In this clause —

Schedule means the Schedule to the determination made under sections 73AAG(6) and 73AAG(7) of the National Health Act 1953 of the Commonwealth;

Scheduled Amount, in relation to a surgically implanted prosthesis specified in the Schedule, means the “Benefit Amount/Minimum Benefit Amount” set out in the Schedule for that prosthesis.

(2)The charge payable in respect of the supply of a surgically implanted prosthesis —

(a)specified in the Schedule under the heading “CARDIO‑THORACIC” — is 92.5% of the Scheduled Amount;

(b)specified in the Schedule under the heading “OPHTHALMIC” — is 80% of the Scheduled Amount; and

(c)otherwise specified in the Schedule — is the Scheduled Amount.

4.Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 1994 revoked

The Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 1994 is revoked.

 

Notes

1This is a compilation of the Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2006. The following table contains information about that determination.

Compilation table

Citation

Gazettal

Commencement

Hospitals (Services Charges for the Supply of Surgically Implanted Prostheses) Determination 2006

24 Mar 2006 p. 1100‑1

24 Mar 2006