Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Amendment Rules (No. 1) 2020 (Cth)

Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Amendment Rules (No. 1) 2020

I, Debbie Hurlbut, delegate of the Minister for Health, make the following Rules.

Dated 28 February 2020

Debbie Hurlbut

Acting Assistant Secretary

Office of Health Technology Assessment

Technology Assessment and Access Division

Department of Health

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1Name

This instrument is the Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Amendment Rules (No. 1) 2020.

2Commencement

This instrument commences immediately after the commencement of the Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Rules (No. 1) 2020.

3Authority

This instrument is made under item 4 of the table in section 333-20 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in Schedule 1 to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in Schedule 1, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

Private Health Insurance (Prostheses) Rules (No. 1) 2020

1. 1.

   Schedule 1, Part 1, Prostheses List – Part A, 06.03 - SKELETAL RECONSTRUCTION (table item dealing with billing code WR003)

   Repeal the item.

2. 2.

   Schedule 1, Part 1, Prostheses List – Part A, 06.03- SKELETAL RECONSTRUCTION (after table item dealing with billing code UQ008)

   Insert:

Wright Medical Australia

WR003	ProDense / Osteoset XR	Composite Injectable Bone Void Filler	10cc	$1,140.00
WR004	ProDense/Osteoset XR	Composite Injectable Bone Void Filler	20cc	$1,425.00

1. 3.

   Schedule 1, Part 1, Prostheses List – Part A, 06. 03 - SKELETAL RECONSTRUCTION (table item dealing with billing code WR004)

   Repeal the item.

2. 4.

   Schedule 1, Part 1, Prostheses List – Part A, 06.03- SKELETAL RECONSTRUCTION (before table item dealing with billing code WR020)

   Insert:

WR004 ProDense/Osteoset XR Composite Injectable Bone Void Filler 20cc $1,425.00

1. 5.

   Schedule 1, Part 1, Prostheses List – Part A, 06.03- SKELETAL RECONSTRUCTION (cell at table item dealing with billing code DE649, column headed “Condition”)

   Repeal the cell.