Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Other Medical Practitioner) Amendment (Indexation) Determination 2022 (Cth)

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Other Medical Practitioner) Amendment (Indexation) Determination 2022

I, Travis Haslam, delegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, make the following determination.

Dated             31 March 2022

Travis Haslam

Acting First Assistant Secretary

Medical Benefits Division

Health Resourcing Group

Department of Health

Contents

1.  Name....................................................................................................................................... 1

2.  Commencement....................................................................................................................... 1

3.  Authority................................................................................................................................. 1

4.  Schedules................................................................................................................................ 1

Schedule 1— Amendments......................................................................................... 2

1.  Name

This instrument is the Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Other Medical Practitioner) Amendment (Indexation) Determination 2022.

2.  Commencement

(1)          Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	1 July 2022

Note:        This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)       Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3.  Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

4.  Schedules

            Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1— Amendments

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Other Medical Practitioner) Determination 2018

1. Schedule 1, Division 1.1 (Table 1.1.1)

Repeal table, substitute:

Table 1.1.1—Amount under clause 1.1.1
Item	Column 1 Item/s of the table	Column 2 Fee	Column 3 Amount if not more than 6 patients (to be divided by the number of patients) ($)	Column 4 Amount if more than 6 patients ($)
1	181	The fee for item 179	$22.30	$1.75
2	187	The fee for item 185	$22.30	$1.75
3	191	The fee for item 189	$22.30	$1.75
4	206	The fee for item 203	$22.30	$1.75
5	253	The fee for item 252	$21.95	$1.70
6	255	The fee for item 254	$21.95	$1.70
7	257	The fee for item 256	$21.95	$1.70
8	260	The fee for item 259	$21.95	$1.70
9	262	The fee for item 261	$21.95	$1.70
10	264	The fee for item 263	$21.95	$1.70
11	266	The fee for item 265	$21.95	$1.70
12	269	The fee for item 268	$21.95	$1.70
13	271	The fee for item 270	$21.95	$1.70
14	761	The fee for item 733	$21.95	$1.70
15	763	The fee for item 737	$21.95	$1.70
16	766	The fee for item 741	$21.95	$1.70
17	769	The fee for item 745	$21.95	$1.70
18	772	The fee for item 733	$39.50	$2.80
19	776	The fee for item 737	$39.50	$2.80
20	788	The fee for item 741	$39.50	$2.80
21	789	The fee for item 745	$39.50	$2.80

1. Amendments of listed provisions—Schedule 1

The items of the table in Schedule 1 listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

Amendments relating to fees
Item	Table item	Omit	Substitute
1	Item 179	14.30	14.55
2	Item 185	31.30	31.80
3	Item 189	60.60	61.55
4	Item 203	89.20	90.65
5	Item 214	184.40	187.35
6	Item 215	307.30	312.25
7	Item 218	430.05	436.90
8	Item 219	553.20	562.05
9	Item 220	614.65	624.50
10	Item 221	97.90	99.45
11	Item 222	103.10	104.75
12	Item 223	125.45	127.45
13	Item 224	49.40	50.20
14	Item 225	114.80	116.65
15	Item 226	158.40	160.90
16	Item 227	223.75	227.35
17	Item 228	176.70	179.50
18	Item 229	120.10	122.00
19	Item 230	95.15	96.70
20	Item 231	58.60	59.50
21	Item 232	58.60	59.50
22	Item 233	59.95	60.90
23	Item 235	58.85	59.80
24	Item 236	100.70	102.30
25	Item 237	167.85	170.50
26	Item 238	43.25	43.90
27	Item 239	74.10	75.30
28	Item 240	123.35	125.30
29	Item 243	67.85	58.60
30	Item 244	31.60	27.30
31	Item 245	128.90	130.95
32	Item 249	88.25	89.65
33	Item 251	14.10	14.30
34	Item 252	30.85	31.30
35	Item 254	59.70	60.65
36	Item 256	87.90	89.30
37	Item 259	30.85	31.30
38	Item 261	59.70	60.65
39	Item 263	87.90	89.30
40	Item 265	30.85	31.30
41	Item 268	59.70	60.65
42	Item 270	87.90	89.30
43	Item 272	59.70	60.65
44	Item 276	87.90	89.30
45	Item 277	59.70	60.65
46	Item 279	59.70	60.65
47	Item 281	75.80	77.00
48	Item 282	111.65	113.45
49	Item 283	77.20	78.45
50	Item 286	110.50	112.25
51	Item 733	24.10	24.50
52	Item 737	40.80	41.45
53	Item 741	69.90	71.05
54	Item 745	98.05	99.60
55	Item 792	63.75	64.80
56	Item 941	90.80	92.30
57	Item 942	130.00	132.10
58	Item 90183	14.30	14.55
59	Item 90188	31.30	31.80
60	Item 90202	60.60	61.55
61	Item 90212	89.20	90.65

1. Schedule 1, Division 1.9 (Table 1.9.2)

Repeal table, substitute:

Table 1.9.2—Amount under clause 1.9.2
Item	Column 1 Item of the table	Column 2 Fee	Column 3 Amount if not more than 6 patients (to be divided by the number of patients) ($)	Column 4 Amount per patient if more than 6 patients ($)
1	285	The fee for item 283	21.95	1.70
2	287	The fee for item 286	21.95	1.70

1. Schedule 1, Division 1.12

Repeal the Division.

1. Schedule 1, Division 1.14 (subclause 1.14.1(1))

Omit “$41.60”, substitute “$42.25”.