Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1) (Cth)

Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2010 No. 5

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 10 February 2010

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 (General Medical Services Table) Amendment Regulations 2010 (No. 1).

Commencement

These Regulations are taken to have commenced on 1 July 2009.

Amendment of Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2008

Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2008.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1] Schedule 1, item 40801, column 2

omit

disease

insert

disease, essential tremor or dystonia, where the patient’s symptoms cause severe disability

[2] Schedule 1, items 40850 to 40862

substitute

40850	Deep brain stimulation (unilateral) functional stereotactic procedure, including computer assisted anatomical localisation, physiological localisation including twist drill, burr hole craniotomy or craniectomy and insertion of electrodes for the treatment of: (a) Parkinson’s disease, where the patient’s response to medical therapy is not sustained and is accompanied by unacceptable motor fluctuations; or (b) essential tremor or dystonia, where the patient’s symptoms cause severe disability (H) (Anaes.) (Assist.)	2 092.10
40851	Deep brain stimulation (bilateral) functional stereotactic procedure, including computer assisted anatomical localisation, physiological localisation including twist drill, burr hole craniotomy or craniectomy and insertion of electrodes for the treatment of: (a) Parkinson’s disease, where the patient’s response to medical therapy is not sustained and is accompanied by unacceptable motor fluctuations; or (b) essential tremor or dystonia, where the patient’s symptoms cause severe disability (H) (Anaes.) (Assist.)	3 661.25
40852	Deep brain stimulation (unilateral) subcutaneous placement of neuro-stimulator receiver or pulse generator for the treatment of: (a) Parkinson’s disease, where the patient’s response to medical therapy is not sustained and is accompanied by unacceptable motor fluctuations; or (b) essential tremor or dystonia, where the patient’s symptoms cause severe disability (H) (Anaes.) (Assist.)	314.65
40854	Deep brain stimulation (unilateral) revision or removal of brain electrode for the treatment of: (a) Parkinson’s disease, where the patient’s response to medical therapy is not sustained and is accompanied by unacceptable motor fluctuations; or (b) essential tremor or dystonia, where the patient’s symptoms cause severe disability (H) (Anaes.) (Assist.)	486.30
40856	Deep brain stimulation (unilateral) removal or replacement of neurostimulator receiver or pulse generator for the treatment of: (a) Parkinson’s disease, where the patient’s response to medical therapy is not sustained and is accompanied by unacceptable motor fluctuations; or (b) essential tremor or dystonia, where the patient’s symptoms cause severe disability (H) (Anaes.) (Assist.)	236.00
40858	Deep brain stimulation (unilateral) placement, removal or replacement of extension lead for the treatment of: (a) Parkinson’s disease, where the patient’s response to medical therapy is not sustained and is accompanied by unacceptable motor fluctuations; or (b) essential tremor or dystonia, where the patient’s symptoms cause severe disability (H) (Anaes.) (Assist.)	486.30
40860	Deep brain stimulation (unilateral) target localisation incorporating anatomical and physiological techniques, including intra-operative clinical evaluation, for the insertion of a single neurostimulation wire for the treatment of: (a) Parkinson’s disease, where the patient’s response to medical therapy is not sustained and is accompanied by unacceptable motor fluctuations; or (b) essential tremor or dystonia where the patient’s symptoms cause severe disability (H) (Anaes.) (Assist.)	1 868.70
40862	Deep brain stimulation (unilateral) electronic analysis and programming of neurostimulator pulse generator for the treatment of: (a) Parkinson’s disease, where the patient’s response to medical therapy is not sustained and is accompanied by unacceptable motor fluctuations; or (b) essential tremor or dystonia, where the patient’s symptoms cause severe disability (Anaes.)	179.20

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