National Health Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1997

No. 160 1

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National Health Regulations2(Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the National HealthAct 1953.

Dated 25 June 1997.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

MICHAEL WOOLDRIDGE

Minister for Health and Family Services

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Regulations commence on 1 July 1997.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The National Health Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 49B (List of Australian National Diagnosis Related Groups)

3.1   Subregulation 49B (1):

Add at the end:

• “(e)

  Australian National Diagnosis Related Groups Definitions Manual Version 3.1.”.

4.   Schedule 7 (Hospital Casemix Protocol)

4.1   Schedule 7, Part 1, clause 2 (definition of “NHDD”):

Omit the definition, substitute:

“‘NHDD’ means version 5.0 of the National Health Data Dictionary, published in 1996;”.

4.2   Schedule 7, Part 3, item 57:

Omit the item, substitute:

“57	Bundled charges	450	6	1
58	Bundled benefits	456	6	1
59	Other charges	462	5	1
60	Other benefits	467	5	1
61	Total record length	471”.

4.3   Schedule 7, Part 5, Column 2, item 1:

Omit “Fund identifier”, substitute “Fund/Payer identifier”.

4.4   Schedule 7, Part 5, Column 2, item 25:

Omit “Medical charges”, substitute “Item charges”.

4.5   Schedule 7, Part 5, Column 2, item 26:

Omit “Medical benefits”, substitute “Total CMBS and fund benefits”.

4.6   Schedule 7, Part 5, Column 2, item 29:

Omit “Gender”, substitute “Sex”.

4.7   Schedule 7, Part 5, Column 2, item 30:

Omit “Date admitted”, substitute “Admission date”.

4.8   Schedule 7, Part 5, Column 2, item 31:

Omit “Date separated”, substitute “Separation date”.

4.9   Schedule 7, Part 5, Column 2, item 42:

Omit “Separation mode”, substitute “Mode of separation”.

4.10   Schedule 7, Part 5, Column 2, item 49:

Omit “Secondary diagnosis codes”, substitute “Additional diagnosis”.

4.11   Schedule 7, Part 5, Column 2, item 51:

Omit “Secondary procedure codes”, substitute “Additional procedures”.

4.12   Schedule 7, Part 5, Column 4, items 19, 20, 38 and 45:

Omit “MAA”, substitute “OPA”.

4.13    Schedule 7, Part 5, Column 4, items 37, 39 and 44:

Omit “MAC”, substitute “OPA”.

4.14    Schedule 7, Part 5, Column 4, items 42 and 48:

Omit “MAC”, substitute “MAA”.

4.15    Schedule 7, Part 5:

Add at the end:

“57	Bundled charges	N(6)	MAA	A charge, billed by the hospital, that aggregates 2 or more of the charges mentioned in items 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17, rounded to the nearest dollar. 0 means no bundled charges were billed.
58	Bundled benefits	N(6)	MAA	A benefit, paid by the fund, that aggregates 2 or more benefits mentioned in items 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18, rounded to the nearest dollar. 0 means no bundled benefits were paid.
59	Other charges	N(5)	MAA	Charges billed by the hospital, except those billed under items 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 and 57, rounded to the nearest dollar. 0 means no other charges were billed.
60	Other benefits	N(5)	MAA	Benefits paid by the fund, except those paid under items 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 58, rounded to the nearest dollar. 0 means no other benefits were paid.”.

4.16   Schedule 7, Part 6:

Add at the end:

“51 Transition Benefit Fund TBF”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 June 1997.

2. Statutory Rules 1954 No. 35 as amended by 1957 No. 71; 1958 No. 63; 1962 Nos. 55, 70 and 113; 1965 Nos. 17, 94 and 185; 1966 No. 99; 1967 No. 86; 1969 Nos. 91 and 220; 1970 Nos. 70 and 166; 1971 Nos. 28, 76, 103 and 138; 1972 No. 79; 1973 Nos. 17, 75, 111, 221, 225 and 267; 1974 Nos. 52, 104, 105, 113 and 263; 1975 Nos. 14, 49, 66, 100, 124, 165 and 207; 1976 Nos. 113, 217 and 227; 1977 Nos. 11, 34, 51 and 112; 1978 Nos. 66, 178, 208 and 266; 1979 Nos. 59, 107, 208 and 231; 1980 Nos. 84, 292 and 309; 1981 Nos. 43, 97, 115, 232 and 318; 1982 Nos. 38, 82, 84, 250 and 284; 1983 Nos. 45, 247 and 267; 1984 Nos. 66, 161, 200, 308, 322 and 427; 1985 Nos. 86, 136, 186, 187, 206 and 288; 1986 Nos. 47, 53, 208, 330, 353 and 360; 1987 Nos. 50, 76, 100 and 310; 1989 Nos. 291, 292 and 334; 1990 Nos. 24, 86, 114, 292, 335 and 396; 1991 Nos. 40, 41, 232, 262, 263, 310 and 339; 1992 Nos. 136 and 187; 1993 Nos. 48, 85, 153, 260, 261, 273, 280 and 284; 1994 Nos. 2, 9, 106, 139, 201, 253, 256, 296, 349 and 451; 1995 Nos. 1, 14, 34, 52, 109, 116, 161, 220, 288, 289, 408 and 410; 1996 Nos. 46, 183 and 333; 1997 Nos. 16, 58 and 133.