MRCA Treatment Principles (2005 Budget and Other Amendments)

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

 

MRCA Treatment Principles (2005 Budget and Other Amendments) M8/2005

 

(Section 286 Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004)

 

 

The Purpose and Operation of Instrument M8 of 2005

 

  • To vary the MRCA Treatment Principles (Instrument No. M21 of 2004) so as to so as to give effect to a 2005-2006 Budget decision and make other variations that correct errors in the Treatment Principles.

 

  • The MRCA Treatment Principles are made under section 286 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 and set out the circumstances in which the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission may accept financial liability for treatment provided to members, former members or their dependants.

 

  • Part 4 of the MRCA Treatment Principles enables the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission to accept financial liability for medical services provided by a Local Medical Officer, an other GP or a specialist, to a member, a former member or a dependant of a member or former member, if the service is provided under Commission arrangements.

 

  • The MRCA Treatment Principles provide that, generally, only services under the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) may be provided to a veteran or dependant under the Treatment Principles and such services are only to be provided by a Local Medical Officer or medical specialist - being medical practitioners who provide treatment to members, former members or their dependants under arrangements with the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission.

 

  • The MRCA Treatment Principles require Local Medical Officers and medical specialists to bill the Department of Veterans’ Affairs or Medicare, not the member, former member or dependant of a member or former member, in respect of a service provided under the Treatment Principles.

 

  • The 2005-2006 Budget provides for an increase in fees for anaesthetists providing anaesthetic services to eligible members or former members or their dependants. Currently anaesthetist who provide service to eligible members, former members or their dependants under the MRCA Health Care arrangements can claim payment under two mechanisms, a DVA specific time tiered system and the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Relative Value Guide system. From 1 July 2005 the DVA specific time tiered system will be cease and a single claiming system using the MBS Relative Value Guide methodology will be used. The Instrument gives effect to these decisions.

 

  • The Instrument also makes technical amendments to correct errors in the TPs that relate to the calculation of fees for Local Medical Officers (LMOs) who are registered under the DVA Rural Enhancement Initiative which were promised by the Government in the 2004 election campaign.

 

Documents Incorporated by Reference

 

  • Medicare Benefits Schedule.

 

Consultation

 

  • No consultation was undertaken by the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission in relation to the Instrument No. M8 of 2005 because the amendments give effect to a Budget decision and make minor technical variations that correct errors in Instrument No. M21 of 2004.

 

 

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