Health Insurance Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 2) (Cth)

Health Insurance Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 2)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2008 No. 209

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated 16 October 2008

QUENTIN BRYCE

Governor‑General

By Her Excellency’s Command

NICOLA ROXON

Minister for Health and Ageing

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Health Insurance Amendment Regulations 2008 (No. 2).

Commencement

These Regulations commence on the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance Amendment (90 Day Pay Doctor Cheque Scheme) Act 2008.

Amendment of Health Insurance Regulations 1975

Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance Regulations 1975.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Subregulation 13AA (2)

substitute

(2)For subsection 20 (5) of the Act, the amount may be paid by electronic transmission if the claim for medicare benefit for the service:

(a)is made using any of the following electronic claiming channels:

(i)Medicare Online;

(ii)Medicare Easyclaim;

(iii)ECLIPSE; or

(b)is made by, or on behalf of, a general practitioner who:

(i)is enrolled, for the location at which the professional service was rendered, in the scheme known as the ‘90 Day Pay Doctor Cheque Scheme’ administered by the Medicare Australia CEO for the purpose of making payments by electronic transmission of amounts to general practitioners under subsection 20 (3) of the Act; and

(ii)has given the Medicare Australia CEO written permission to give to the Reserve Bank of Australia the following information:

(A)the name and number of the account into which a payment to the general practitioner under subsection 20 (3) of the Act may be made;

(B)the name and BSB number of the bank at which that account is kept.

[2] After regulation 13AA

insert

13ABPayment to specialists or consultant physicians by electronic transmission (Act s 20 (5))

(1)This regulation applies to the payment, by the Medicare Australia CEO on behalf of the Commonwealth, of an amount under subsection 20 (3) of the Act to a specialist or consultant physician by whom, or on whose behalf, a professional service was rendered.

(2)For subsection 20 (5) of the Act, the amount may be paid by electronic transmission if the claim for medicare benefit for the service is made using any of the following electronic claiming channels:

(a)Medicare Online;

(b)Medicare Easyclaim;

(c)ECLIPSE.

13ACManner of electronic claim (Act s 20 (6))

For subsection 20 (6) of the Act, the claim must be made using an electronic claiming channel mentioned in subregulation 13AB (2).

Note

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