Health Insurance
(1998-99 Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Amendment Regulations 1999
(No. 2)
Statutory Rules 1999 No. 193
I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE,
Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of
the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under theHealth Insurance
Act 1973.
Dated 25 August 1999.
WILLIAM DEANE
Governor-General
By His
Excellency’s Command,
michael wooldridge
Minister for Health and Aged Care
Health Insurance
(1998-99 Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Amendment Regulations 1999 (No. 2)1
Statutory
Rules 1999 No. 1932
made under the
Health
Insurance Act 1973
Contents
Page
1Name of Regulations These Regulations are the Health Insurance
(1998-99 Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Amendment Regulations 1999
(No. 2).
2Commencement These Regulations commence on 1 September 1999.
3Amendment of Health Insurance (1998-99 Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 1998 Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance (1998-99
Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 1998.
Schedule 1Amendments
(regulation 3)
[1]Schedule 1,
Part 1, rule 10, paragraph (b)
omit
$21.75.
insert
$21.30.
[2]Schedule 1,
Part 1, after rule 10
insert
10AAUltrasound
services — eligible services
- (1)
Items 55028 to 55603 apply only to an
ultrasound service performed for items marked with the symbol (R):
- (a)
under the professional supervision of a
specialist or a consultant physician in the practice of his or her specialty
who is available:
- (b)
if paragraph (a) cannot be complied with:
- (c)
by or on behalf of a practitioner who is not
a specialist or consultant physician but who meets the requirements of
subrule (2); or
- (d)
by or on behalf of a practitioner in
circumstances mentioned in subrule (3).
- (2)
The requirements of this subrule are that,
between 1 September 1997 and 31 August 1999, at least 50 services
were rendered by or on behalf of the practitioner at the location where the
service was rendered and the rendering of those services resulted in the
payment of a medicare benefit.
- (3)
For paragraph (1) (d), the
circumstances are that between 1 September 1997 and 31 August 1999, at least 50
services were rendered by or on behalf of the practitioner to a patient in a
nursing home or at the patient’s residence and the rendering of those services
resulted in the payment of a medicare benefit.
[3]Schedule 1, Part 2,
item 55036, paragraph (b)
omit
member (R)
insert
member; and
[4]Schedule 1,
Part 2, item 55036, after paragraph (b)
insert
[5]Schedule 1,
Part 2, item 55042, paragraph (b)
omit
member (R)
insert
member; and
[6]Schedule 1,
Part 2, item 55042, after paragraph (b)
insert
[7]Schedule 1,
Part 2, item 55044, paragraph (b)
omit
member (R)
insert
member; and
[8]Schedule 1,
Part 2, item 55044, after paragraph (b)
insert
[9]Schedule 1,
Part 2, after item 55045
insert
55046
| Pelvis, female, ultrasound scan
of, in association with saline infusion of the endometrial cavity, by any or
all approaches, performed by, or on behalf of, a medical practitioner where: (a) the patient is referred by a medical practitioner for
ultrasound examination not being a service associated with a service to which
an item in subgroup 2 or 3 of this group applies; and (b) the referring medical practitioner is not a member of a group of
practitioners of which the first practitioner is a member; and (c) a previous transvaginal ultrasound has revealed an abnormality
of the uterus or fallopian tube (R)
| 119.85
|
55047
| Pelvis, female, ultrasound scan of, in association with saline
infusion of the endometrial cavity, by any or all approaches, where: (a) the patient is
not referred by a medical practitioner and the service is not associated with
a service to which an item in subgroup 2 or 3 of this group applies; and (b) a previous
transvaginal ultrasound has revealed an abnormality of the uterus or
fallopian tube (NR)
| 49.15
|
[10]Schedule 1,
Part 2, item 55286
omit
[11]Schedule 1,
Part 2, item 55288
omit
55286 inclusive (excluding items 55282 and 55284)
insert
55280 inclusive
[12]Schedule 1,
Part 2, item 55290
omit
55286 inclusive (excluding items 55282 and 55284)
insert
55280 inclusive
[13]Schedule 1,
Part 2, item 56019
omit
[14]Additional
amendments of Schedule 1, Part 2
Item
| omit
| insert
|
55028
| 101.95
| 99.90
|
55029
| 35.35
| 34.65
|
55030
| 101.95
| 99.90
|
55031
| 35.35
| 34.65
|
55032
| 101.95
| 99.90
|
55033
| 35.35
| 34.65
|
55034
| 101.95
| 99.90
|
55035
| 35.35
| 34.65
|
55037
| 35.35
| 34.65
|
55038
| 101.95
| 99.90
|
55039
| 35.35
| 34.65
|
55040
| 101.95
| 99.90
|
55041
| 35.35
| 34.65
|
55043
| 35.35
| 34.65
|
55045
| 35.35
| 34.65
|
55048
| 102.35
| 100.30
|
55049
| 35.35
| 34.65
|
55050
| 102.35
| 100.30
|
55051
| 35.35
| 34.65
|
55052
| 101.95
| 99.90
|
55053
| 35.35
| 34.65
|
55054
| 101.95
| 99.90
|
55058
| 27.80
| 27.25
|
55102
| 167.25
| 163.90
|
55105
| 94.65
| 92.75
|
55112
| 262.90
| 257.65
|
55118
| 262.30
| 257.05
|
55130
| 379.80
| 372.20
|
55238
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55240
| 201.00
| 197.00
|
55242
| 222.95
| 218.50
|
55244
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55245
| 201.00
| 197.00
|
55246
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55247
| 201.00
| 197.00
|
55248
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55250
| 201.00
| 197.00
|
55252
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55254
| 201.00
| 197.00
|
55256
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55258
| 201.00
| 197.00
|
55260
| 222.95
| 218.50
|
55262
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55263
| 201.00
| 197.00
|
55264
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55265
| 201.00
| 197.00
|
55266
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55268
| 201.00
| 197.00
|
55270
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55272
| 201.00
| 197.00
|
55274
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55276
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55277
| 111.65
| 109.40
|
55278
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55279
| 111.65
| 109.40
|
55280
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55282
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55284
| 172.90
| 169.45
|
55288
| 304.75
| 298.65
|
55290
| 304.75
| 298.65
|
55600
| 101.95
| 99.90
|
55603
| 101.95
| 99.90
|
56001
| 201.45
| 197.40
|
56007
| 257.25
| 252.10
|
56010
| 291.45
| 252.10
|
56013
| 291.45
| 252.10
|
56016
| 347.10
| 291.15
|
56022
| 230.90
| 226.30
|
56028
| 343.70
| 336.80
|
56041
| 100.75
| 98.75
|
56047
| 128.65
| 126.10
|
56050
| 145.75
| 128.15
|
56053
| 145.75
| 128.15
|
56056
| 173.55
| 155.40
|
56059
| 213.20
| 208.95
|
56062
| 115.45
| 113.15
|
56068
| 171.85
| 168.40
|
56101
| 237.45
| 232.70
|
56107
| 350.15
| 343.15
|
56141
| 118.75
| 116.40
|
56147
| 175.10
| 171.60
|
56210
| 249.95
| 242.45
|
56216
| 362.20
| 351.35
|
56219
| 336.30
| 326.20
|
56250
| 125.00
| 122.50
|
56256
| 181.10
| 177.50
|
56259
| 168.15
| 164.80
|
56301
| 305.05
| 299.40
|
56307
| 412.70
| 404.45
|
56341
| 152.55
| 149.50
|
56347
| 206.35
| 202.00
|
56401
| 258.80
| 253.60
|
56407
| 370.30
| 362.90
|
56409
| 258.80
| 253.60
|
56412
| 370.30
| 362.90
|
56441
| 129.40
| 126.80
|
56447
| 185.15
| 181.45
|
56449
| 129.40
| 126.80
|
56452
| 185.15
| 181.45
|
56501
| 394.10
| 386.20
|
56507
| 497.35
| 487.40
|
56541
| 197.05
| 193.10
|
56547
| 248.70
| 243.75
|
56619
| 228.75
| 224.15
|
56625
| 341.50
| 334.65
|
56659
| 114.40
| 112.10
|
56665
| 170.75
| 167.35
|
56801
| 476.05
| 466.55
|
56807
| 579.25
| 567.65
|
56841
| 238.05
| 233.30
|
56847
| 289.65
| 283.85
|
57001
| 476.15
| 466.65
|
57007
| 579.35
| 567.75
|
57041
| 238.10
| 233.35
|
57047
| 289.70
| 283.90
|
57201
| 158.40
| 155.20
|
57247
| 79.20
| 77.60
|
57341
| 493.90
| 474.15
|
57345
| 246.95
| 242.00
|
57350
| 539.05
| 512.10
|
57355
| 269.55
| 264.15
|
57506
| 31.80
| 31.15
|
57509
| 42.50
| 41.65
|
57512
| 43.25
| 42.40
|
57515
| 57.70
| 56.55
|
57518
| 34.75
| 34.05
|
57521
| 46.40
| 45.45
|
57524
| 52.75
| 51.70
|
57527
| 70.30
| 68.90
|
57700
| 43.25
| 42.40
|
57703
| 57.70
| 56.55
|
57706
| 34.75
| 34.05
|
57709
| 46.40
| 45.45
|
57712
| 50.40
| 49.40
|
57715
| 65.15
| 63.85
|
57721
| 106.05
| 103.95
|
57901
| 68.95
| 67.55
|
57902
| 68.95
| 67.55
|
57903
| 50.40
| 49.40
|
57906
| 68.95
| 67.55
|
57909
| 68.95
| 67.55
|
57912
| 50.40
| 49.40
|
57915
| 50.40
| 49.40
|
57918
| 50.40
| 49.40
|
57921
| 50.40
| 49.40
|
57924
| 50.40
| 49.40
|
57927
| 53.05
| 52.00
|
57930
| 35.15
| 34.45
|
57933
| 83.60
| 81.95
|
57936
| 50.60
| 49.60
|
57939
| 68.95
| 67.55
|
57942
| 53.05
| 52.00
|
57945
| 46.40
| 45.45
|
58100
| 71.80
| 70.35
|
58103
| 58.95
| 57.75
|
58106
| 82.25
| 80.60
|
58109
| 50.20
| 49.20
|
58112
| 103.95
| 101.85
|
58115
| 142.10
| 139.25
|
58300
| 42.85
| 42.00
|
58306
| 95.50
| 93.60
|
58500
| 37.75
| 37.00
|
58503
| 50.40
| 49.40
|
58506
| 64.95
| 63.65
|
58509
| 42.50
| 41.65
|
58521
| 46.40
| 45.45
|
58524
| 60.35
| 59.15
|
58527
| 74.25
| 72.75
|
58700
| 49.20
| 48.20
|
58706
| 168.80
| 165.40
|
58715
| 161.95
| 158.70
|
58718
| 134.80
| 132.10
|
58721
| 147.75
| 144.80
|
58900
| 38.15
| 37.40
|
58903
| 50.85
| 49.85
|
58909
| 96.15
| 94.25
|
58912
| 117.85
| 115.50
|
58915
| 84.35
| 82.65
|
58916
| 148.00
| 145.05
|
58921
| 144.25
| 141.65
|
58924
| 89.80
| 88.00
|
58927
| 81.70
| 80.05
|
58933
| 219.75
| 215.35
|
58936
| 209.45
| 205.25
|
58939
| 148.90
| 145.90
|
59300
| 83.65
| 82.00
|
59303
| 50.45
| 49.45
|
59306
| 96.50
| 94.55
|
59309
| 192.95
| 189.10
|
59312
| 83.65
| 82.00
|
59314
| 50.45
| 49.45
|
59318
| 45.25
| 44.35
|
59503
| 95.50
| 93.60
|
59700
| 103.15
| 101.10
|
59703
| 81.10
| 79.50
|
59712
| 121.55
| 119.10
|
59715
| 153.40
| 150.35
|
59718
| 143.95
| 141.05
|
59724
| 242.00
| 237.15
|
59733
| 115.05
| 112.75
|
59736
| 66.30
| 64.95
|
59739
| 78.80
| 77.20
|
59751
| 148.70
| 145.75
|
59754
| 234.45
| 229.75
|
59760
| 123.05
| 120.60
|
59763
| 143.05
| 140.20
|
59900
| 89.35
| 87.55
|
59903
| 123.05
| 120.60
|
59906
| 123.05
| 120.60
|
59912
| 327.80
| 321.25
|
59915
| 83.60
| 81.95
|
59918
| 106.05
| 103.95
|
59921
| 106.05
| 103.95
|
59924
| 106.05
| 103.95
|
59970
| 161.90
| 158.65
|
60000
| 542.45
| 531.60
|
60003
| 795.50
| 779.60
|
60006
| 1131.20
| 1108.60
|
60009
| 1323.80
| 1297.30
|
60012
| 542.45
| 531.60
|
60015
| 795.50
| 779.60
|
60018
| 1131.20
| 1108.60
|
60021
| 1323.80
| 1297.30
|
60024
| 542.45
| 531.60
|
60027
| 795.50
| 779.60
|
60030
| 1131.20
| 1108.60
|
60033
| 1323.80
| 1297.30
|
60036
| 542.45
| 531.60
|
60039
| 795.50
| 779.60
|
60042
| 1131.20
| 1108.60
|
60045
| 1323.80
| 1297.30
|
60048
| 542.45
| 531.60
|
60051
| 795.50
| 779.60
|
60054
| 1131.20
| 1108.60
|
60057
| 1323.80
| 1297.30
|
60060
| 542.45
| 531.60
|
60063
| 795.50
| 779.60
|
60066
| 1131.20
| 1108.60
|
60069
| 1323.80
| 1297.30
|
60072
| 46.25
| 45.35
|
60075
| 92.45
| 90.60
|
60078
| 138.70
| 135.95
|
60100
| 64.95
| 63.65
|
60500
| 46.40
| 45.45
|
60503
| 31.80
| 31.15
|
60506
| 68.15
| 66.80
|
60509
| 105.65
| 103.55
|
60903
| 137.00
| 134.25
|
60915
| 75.45
| 73.95
|
60918
| 56.30
| 55.15
|
60927
| 46.45
| 44.50
|
61109
| 276.70
| 271.15
|
61303
| 504.75
| 492.75
|
61307
| 752.75
| 727.75
|
61313
| 269.45
| 264.45
|
61314
| 371.10
| 366.10
|
61316
| 337.20
| 332.20
|
61317
| 434.15
| 429.15
|
61348
| 388.95
| 386.45
|
61360
| 355.60
| 351.60
|
61361
| 407.20
| 402.20
|
61381
| 525.65
| 500.65
|
61383
| 569.80
| 544.80
|
61384
| 629.45
| 599.45
|
61387
| 397.45
| 375.45
|
61393
| 537.80
| 527.80
|
61421
| 422.70
| 418.20
|
61425
| 530.10
| 523.60
|
61430
| 586.80
| 574.80
|
61442
| 679.75
| 655.75
|
61446
| 294.25
| 290.75
|
61449
| 403.70
| 397.70
|
61453
| 460.60
| 448.60
|
61473
| 154.85
| 152.85
|
Notes
1. These Regulations
amend Statutory Rules 1998 No. 302, as amended by 1999 No. 20.
2. Made by the
Governor-General on 25 August 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth
of Australia Gazette on 1 September 1999.