South Australian Health Commission (Recognised Hospital—Medicare Patients Fees) Variation Regulations 2007 (SA)
South Australia
South Australian Health Commission (Recognised Hospital—Medicare Patients Fees) Variation Regulations 2007
under the South Australian Health Commission Act 1976
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
Short title
Commencement
Variation provisions
Part 2—Variation of South Australian Health Commission (Recognised Hospital—Medicare Patients Fees) Regulations 2002
Variation of regulation 4—Interpretation
Substitution of Schedule
Schedule—Fees for services provided to Medicare patients by recognised hospitals
Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the South Australian Health Commission (Recognised Hospital—Medicare Patients Fees) Variation Regulations 2007.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation on 1 July 2007.
3—Variation provisions
In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.
Part 2—Variation of South Australian Health Commission (Recognised Hospital—Medicare Patients Fees) Regulations 2002
4—Variation of regulation 4—Interpretation
Regulation 4(1), definition of outreach service—delete the definition and substitute:
outreach service means a service that is taken to be hospital treatment for the purposes of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 of the Commonwealth under section 16 of the Private Health Insurance (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2007 of the Commonwealth;
5—Substitution of Schedule
Schedule—delete the Schedule and substitute:
Schedule—Fees for services provided to Medicare patients by recognised hospitals
Fee (per day)
1
For the accommodation, maintenance, care and treatment at a recognised hospital of a public overnight stay patient
no fee
2
For the accommodation, maintenance and care at a recognised hospital of a private overnight stay patient—
(a) where the patient requests and subsequently receives single room accommodation
$474.00
(b) in any other case
$275.00
3
For the accommodation, maintenance, care and treatment at a recognised hospital of a public patient who is a same day patient
no fee
4
For the accommodation, maintenance and care at a recognised hospital of a private patient who is a same day patient—
(a) for gastro-intestinal endoscopy or other minor surgical and non-surgical procedures that do not normally require an anaesthetic (Band 1)
$200.00
(b) for procedures (other than Band 1 procedures) carried out under local anaesthetic with no sedation given where the actual time in the theatre is less than one hour (Band 2)
$227.00
(c) for procedures (other than Band 1 procedures) carried out under general or regional anaesthesia or intravenous sedation where the actual time in the theatre is less than one hour (Band 3)
$250.00
(d) for any procedures carried out under general or regional anaesthesia or intravenous sedation where the actual time in the theatre is one hour or more (Band 4)
$275.00
5
For the accommodation, maintenance, care and treatment at a recognised hospital of a public long stay patient who is acutely ill
no fee
6
For the accommodation, maintenance, care and treatment at a recognised hospital of a public long stay patient who is not acutely ill
87.5 per cent of the Commonwealth benefit
7
For the accommodation, maintenance and care at a recognised hospital of a private long stay patient who is not acutely ill
$93.50 plus 87.5 per cent of the Commonwealth benefit
8
For outreach services provided by a recognised hospital to a private patient
$166.00
Note—
As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.
Made by the Governor
on the recommendation of the Minister for Health and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
on 14 June 2007
No 168 of 2007
HEACS/07/197
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