Health Insurance (Amendment) Determination HS/04/2005 (Cth)
Health Insurance (Amendment) Determination HS/04/2005
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I, TONY ABBOTT, Minister for Health and Ageing, make the following Determination under subsection 3C (1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Dated 22/10/05
Tony Abbott
Minister for Health and Ageing
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1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Health Insurance (Amendment) Determination HS/04/2005.
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on 1 November 2005.
3 Amendment of various section 3C Determinations
(1)Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance Determination HS/4/1999.
(2)Schedule 2 amends the Health Insurance Determination HS/6/1999.
(3)Schedule 3 amends the Health Insurance Determination HS/03/2001.
(4)Schedule 4 amends the Health Insurance Determination HS/01/2002.
(5)Schedule 5 amends the Health Insurance (Photodynamic Therapy) Determination HS/09/2002.
(6)Schedule 6 amends the Health Insurance (Photodynamic Therapy) Determination HS/10/2002.
(7)Schedule 7 amends the Health Insurance (Botulinum Toxin) Determination HS/04/2003.
(8)Schedule 8 amends the Health Insurance (Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease) Determination HS/01/2005.
(9)Schedule 9 amends the Health Insurance (Allied Health and Dental Services) Determination 2005.
Schedule 1 Amendment of Health Insurance Determination HS/4/1999
(subsection 3 (1))
[1] Schedule, Items 12306, 12309, 12312, 12315, 12318 and 12321
omit
$86.85
insert
$88.60
Schedule 2 Amendment of Health Insurance Determination HS/6/1999
(subsection 3 (2))
[1] Schedule, Item 33116
omit
$1,187.00
insert
$1,210.75
[2] Schedule, Item 33119
omit
$1,319.00
insert
$1,345.40
Schedule 3 Amendment of Health Insurance Determination HS/03/2001
(subsection 3 (3))
[1] Schedule, Item 13015
omit
$216.15
insert
$220.45
Schedule 4 Amendment of Health Insurance Determination HS/01/2002
(subsection 3 (4))
[1] Schedule 1, Item 36658
omit
$446.60
insert
$455.55
[2] Schedule 1, Item 36660
omit
$216.75
insert
$221.10
[3] Schedule 1, Item 36662
omit
$517.80
insert
$528.15
Schedule 5 Amendment of Health Insurance (Photodynamic Therapy) Determination HS/09/2002
(subsection 3 (5))
[1] Section 5, Specified circumstances (Act s. 3C (1))
omit
(a)to the first 10 occasions on which a relevant service is rendered to a patient, regardless of whether the service has been rendered to the patient before 1 June 2002 or after; and
insert
(a) to the first 15 occasions on which a relevant service is rendered to a patient, regardless of whether the service has been rendered to the patient before 1 June 2002 or after; and
[2] Schedule, Item 42875
omit
$386.15
insert
$393.85
[3] Schedule, Item 42878
omit
$463.40
insert
$472.65
[4] Schedule, Items 42881, 42884, 42887 and 42990
omit
$386.15
insert
$393.85
[5] Schedule - Specified health services, after item 42990
insert
| 42991 | Photodynamic therapy, 11th to 15th treatments on the same eye subsequent to a service to which item 42990 applies (including the infusion of verteporfin continuously through a peripheral vein), using a non-thermal laser at a wave length of 689nm | Not applicable | $393.85 |
[6] Schedule, Items 42993, 42996 and 42999
omit
$463.40
insert
$472.65
[7] Schedule - Specified health services, after item 42999
insert
| 43000 | Photodynamic therapy, 11th to 15th treatments on both eyes subsequent to a service to which item 42999 applies (including the infusion of verteporfin continuously through a peripheral vein), using a non-thermal laser at a wave length of 689nm | Not applicable | $472.65 |
[8] Schedule, Item 43002
omit
$75.10
insert
$76.60
Schedule 6 Amendment of Health Insurance (Photodynamic Therapy) Determination HS/10/2002
(subsection 3 (6))
[1] Schedule, Items 43005 and 43008
omit
$386.15
insert
$393.85
[2] Schedule, Items 43011 and 43014
omit
$463.40
insert
$472.65
[3] Schedule, Item 43017
omit
$75.10
insert
$76.60
Schedule 7 Amendment of Health Insurance (Botulinum Toxin) Determination HS/04/2003
(subsection 3 (7))
[1] Section 2, Commencement and cessation
omit
(b) ceases on 30 April 2006; and
insert
(b) ceases at the beginning of 1 November 2005.
Schedule 8 Amendment of Health Insurance (Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease) Determination HS/01/2005
(subsection 3 (8))
[1] Section 4, Cessation
omit
This Determination ceases to have effect on 30 April 2006.
insert
This Determination ceases to have effect at the beginning of
1 November 2006.
[2] Section 6, Specified circumstances (Act s. 3C (1))
omit
(a) the service is performed in a relevant centre that is participating in an appropriate controlled trial to obtain information on adverse events, longer term patient outcomes and costs in the Australian setting in consultation with appropriate groups and States; and
insert
(a) for services described in Items 40850, 40851, 40852, 40854, 40856, 40858, and 40860, the service is performed in a relevant centre that is participating in an appropriate controlled trial to obtain information on adverse events, longer term patient outcomes and costs in the Australian setting in consultation with appropriate groups and States; and
[3] Schedule 1 - Relevant Centres; under “Alfred
Public” in the column headed “Hospital”
insert
St Vincents Private
[4] Schedule 2, Item 40850
omit
$1,921.45
insert
$1,959.90
[5] Schedule 2, Item 40851
omit
$3,362.60
insert
$3,429.85
[6] Schedule 2, Item 40852
omit
$289.00
insert
$294.80
[7] Schedule 2, Item 40854
omit
$446.60
insert
$455.55
[8] Schedule 2, Item 40856
omit
$216.75
insert
$221.10
[9] Schedule 2, Item 40858
omit
$446.60
insert
$455.55
[10] Schedule 2, Item 40860
omit
$1,716.30
insert
$1,750.65
[11] Schedule 2, Item 40862
omit
$160.90
insert
$164.10
Schedule 9 Amendment of Health Insurance (Allied Health and Dental Services) Determination 2005
(subsection 3 (9))
[1] Schedule, Items 10950, 10951, 10952, 10954, 10956, 10958, 10960, 10962, 10964, 10966, 10968 and 10970
omit
$52.85
insert
$53.90
[2] Schedule, Items 10975, 10976 and 10977
omit
$88.05
insert
$89.80
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0
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