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Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Other Medical Practitioner) Amendment (Indexation) Determination 2022

I, Travis Haslam, delegate of the Minister for Health and Aged Care, make the following determination.

Dated   31 March 2022

 

 

 

 

 

Travis Haslam

Acting First Assistant Secretary

Medical Benefits Division

Health Resourcing Group

Department of Health

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contents

1.  Name ..................................................1

2.  Commencement............................................1

3.  Authority................................................1

4.  Schedules................................................1

Schedule 1— Amendments.....................................2

 

1.  Name

 This instrument is the Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Other Medical Practitioner) Amendment (Indexation) Determination 2022.

2.  Commencement

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this instrument

1 July 2022

 

 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3.  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

4.  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

Health Insurance (Section 3C General Medical Services – Other Medical Practitioner) Determination 2018

  1. Schedule 1, Division 1.1 (Table 1.1.1)

Repeal table, substitute:

 

 Table 1.1.1—Amount under clause 1.1.1

Item

Column 1

Item/s of the table

Column 2

Fee

Column 3

Amount if not more than 6 patients (to be divided by the number of patients) ($)

Column 4

Amount if more than 6 patients ($)

1

181

The fee for item 179

$22.30

$1.75

2

187

The fee for item 185

$22.30

$1.75

3

191

The fee for item 189

$22.30

$1.75

4

206

The fee for item 203

$22.30

$1.75

5

253

The fee for item 252

$21.95

$1.70

6

255

The fee for item 254

$21.95

$1.70

7

257

The fee for item 256

$21.95

$1.70

8

260

The fee for item 259

$21.95

$1.70

9

262

The fee for item 261

$21.95

$1.70

10

264

The fee for item 263

$21.95

$1.70

11

266

The fee for item 265

$21.95

$1.70

12

269

The fee for item 268

$21.95

$1.70

13

271

The fee for item 270

$21.95

$1.70

14

761

The fee for item 733

$21.95

$1.70

15

763

The fee for item 737

$21.95

$1.70

16

766

The fee for item 741

$21.95

$1.70

17

769

The fee for item 745

$21.95

$1.70

18

772

The fee for item 733

$39.50

$2.80

19

776

The fee for item 737

$39.50

$2.80

20

788

The fee for item 741

$39.50

$2.80

21

789

The fee for item 745

$39.50

$2.80

 

2.                    Amendments of listed provisions—Schedule 1

The items of the table in Schedule 1 listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

 

Amendments relating to fees

Item

Table item

Omit

Substitute

1          

Item 179

14.30

14.55

2          

Item 185

31.30

31.80

3          

Item 189

60.60

61.55

4          

Item 203

89.20

90.65

5          

Item 214

184.40

187.35

6          

Item 215

307.30

312.25

7          

Item 218

430.05

436.90

8          

Item 219

553.20

562.05

9          

Item 220

614.65

624.50

10      

Item 221

97.90

99.45

11      

Item 222

103.10

104.75

12      

Item 223

125.45

127.45

13      

Item 224

49.40

50.20

14      

Item 225

114.80

116.65

15      

Item 226

158.40

160.90

16      

Item 227

223.75

227.35

17      

Item 228

176.70

179.50

18      

Item 229

120.10

122.00

19      

Item 230

95.15

96.70

20      

Item 231

58.60

59.50

21      

Item 232

58.60

59.50

22      

Item 233

59.95

60.90

23      

Item 235

58.85

59.80

24      

Item 236

100.70

102.30

25      

Item 237

167.85

170.50

26      

Item 238

43.25

43.90

27      

Item 239

74.10

75.30

28      

Item 240

123.35

125.30

29      

Item 243

67.85

58.60

30      

Item 244

31.60

27.30

31      

Item 245

128.90

130.95

32      

Item 249

88.25

89.65

33      

Item 251

14.10

14.30

34      

Item 252

30.85

31.30

35      

Item 254

59.70

60.65

36      

Item 256

87.90

89.30

37      

Item 259

30.85

31.30

38      

Item 261

59.70

60.65

39      

Item 263

87.90

89.30

40      

Item 265

30.85

31.30

41      

Item 268

59.70

60.65

42      

Item 270

87.90

89.30

43      

Item 272

59.70

60.65

44      

Item 276

87.90

89.30

45      

Item 277

59.70

60.65

46      

Item 279

59.70

60.65

47      

Item 281

75.80

77.00

48      

Item 282

111.65

113.45

49      

Item 283

77.20

78.45

50      

Item 286

110.50

112.25

51      

Item 733

24.10

24.50

52      

Item 737

40.80

41.45

53      

Item 741

69.90

71.05

54      

Item 745

98.05

99.60

55      

Item 792

63.75

64.80

56      

Item 941

90.80

92.30

57      

Item 942

130.00

132.10

58      

Item 90183

14.30

14.55

59      

Item 90188

31.30

31.80

60      

Item 90202

60.60

61.55

61      

Item 90212

89.20

90.65

 

3.                    Schedule 1, Division 1.9 (Table 1.9.2)

Repeal table, substitute:

Table 1.9.2—Amount under clause 1.9.2

Item

Column 1

Item of the table

Column 2

Fee

Column 3

Amount if not more than 6 patients (to be divided by the number of patients) ($)

Column 4

Amount per patient if more than 6 patients ($)

1

285

The fee for item 283

21.95

1.70

2

287

The fee for item 286

21.95

1.70

 

4.                    Schedule 1, Division 1.12

Repeal the Division.

 

5.                    Schedule 1, Division 1.14 (subclause 1.14.1(1))

Omit “$41.60”, substitute “$42.25”.