Health Insurance Determination HS/4/1998 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Health Insurance Act 1973

Health Insurance Determination HS/4/1998

I, MICHAEL RICHARD LEWIS WOOLDRIDGE, Minister for Health and Family Services, make this Determination under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated          23 November 1998

MICHAEL WOOLDRIDGE

Minister for Health and Family Services

Citation

1. This determination may be cited as the Health Insurance Determination HS/4/l998.

Commencement

1. This determination shall come into effect on and from the date of this determination.

Health services

3.(1)  A health service mentioned in the Schedule to this determination is treated as if it were

a professional service and a medical service for the following provisions:

(a) Schedule 1 to the National Health Act 1953;

(b)       subsections 3(1) and 19(6) and sections 8, 9, l0, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 20A, 20B  

                    and 20BA of the Health Insurance Act 1973; and

(c)          regulations 13, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 of the Health Insurance Regulations.

(2)

 A health service mentioned in the Schedule to this determination is treated as if it were

      related to an item in the general medical services table that specifies the fee mentioned  

      in the Schedule for the health service.

SCHEDULE TO DETERMINATION HS/4/1998

UNDER SUBSECTION 3C(l) OF THE

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973

Column 1   Column 2                     Column 3

Item No.   Health Service                      Fee ($)

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41880          Tracheostomy by a percutaneous technique using sequential       

dilatation or partial splitting method to allow insertion of a cuffed             192.60

             tracheostomy tube (Anaes. 17708 = 6B+2T)