Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Amendment Rules 2015 (No. 2) (Cth)

Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Amendment Rules 2015 (No. 2)

I, Shane Porter, delegate of the Minister for Health, make these Rules under item 4 of the table in section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.

Dated 26 June 2015

Shane Porter

Shane Porter

Assistant Secretary

Private Health Insurance Branch

Medical Benefits Division

Department of Health

Contents

PART 1PRELIMINARY

3. Authority 3

SCHEDULE – AMENDMENTS 4

Part 1Preliminary

1.Name of Rules

These Rules are the Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Amendment Rules 2015 (No. 2).

2.Commencement

These Rules commence on 10 July 2015.

3.Authority

These Rules are made under the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.

4.Schedules

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 Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Rules 2015 (No. 1)

1. [1]

   Schedule, Part A, SubGroup 03.08.04 03 – Staples Reinforcer, after entry for Billing Code GT228

insert the subheading “Integrated”

under that subheading insert the subheading “Covidien Pty Ltd”

under that subheading insert the contents of Item 1 of the table in the columns indicated:

Item	Billing Code	Product	Description	Size	Minimum Benefit
1	AS209	Endo GIA Reinforced Reload with Tri-Staple Technology	The Endo GIA Reinforced Reload with Tri-Staple Technology is an endoscopic stapler reload pre-attached with a non-woven absorbable polyglycolic acid staple line reinforcement mesh. This reinforced reload places a triple-staggered row of titanium staples and two layers of absorbable reinforcement material on either side of the cut line.	45mm and 60mm	$605.00