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Hospital Circular 15/2001

Date Issued: 11 July 2001

Publication: 15/2001

Distribution: Registrants (Acute Health Circular 7/2001 refers)

Enquiries: Regional Office

Subjects:

  1. Public hospital fees
    1. Private Admitted Patients
    2. Compensable (excluding WorkCover and TAC recipients) Patients
    3. Day Only Arrangements
  2. Reference Sites

1. Public hospital fees

  1. Private Admitted Patients - overnight stays and same day patients

    The State Department of Human Services Victoria (DHS) has determined that the fees for 2001/2002 for private overnight stays and same day patients in public hospitals effective 1 July 2001 (tables 1 and 2 below), will increase from the 2000/2001 level (Acute Health Circular 12/2000) by 6%. This represents the percentage change in the CPI (March 2000 to March 2001 quarter). If there are any further adjustments to these fees, you will be informed in the usual way by Hospital Circular.

    Table 1 - Private Overnight Stays
    Patient Classification
    Length of Stay
    Fee per day ($)
    Shared
    Single
    Advanced Surgical
    1 - 14 days
    15 + days
    285
    197
    495
    383
    Surgical/Obstetric
    1 - 14 days
    15 + days
    262
    197
    470
    383
    Other
    1 - 14 days
    15 + days
    228
    197
    414
    383
    Psychiatric
    1 - 42 days
    43 - 65 days
    66 + days
    262
    228
    197
    470
    414
    383
    Rehabilitation
    1 - 49 days
    50 - 65 days
    66 + days
    262
    228
    197
    470
    414
    383

    Table 2 - Private Same Day Admissions
    Band Fee
    $
    Band 1
    165
    Band 2
    197
    Band 3
    228
    Band 4
    262

  2. Compensable admitted patients (excluding WorkCover and TAC recipients)

    DHS has increased these, effective 1 July 2001 until further notice, by 6% (the percentage change in the CPI (March 2000 to March 2001 quarter)).

  3. Day Only Arrangements - amendments to the Type C List

    The Commonwealth has advised that amendments to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) will affect the Day Only arrangements Type C List effective from 6 July 2001. The changes apply to Medicare cardiac ultrasound and cardiac angiography items. See Commonwealth Circular HBF 720 for details.

2. Reference Sites

For the reference of hospitals note that DHS's Acute Health Circulars and State Fees Manual are available on the web at the following addresses:

State Fees Manual

State's Fees Manual Fees and Charges for Acute Health Services in Victoria: A Handbook for Public Hospitals The updates relating to this Circular are in:

Section A: Fees for Admitted Patients

3. Private Admitted Patients

3.1 Overnight Stay Patients
3.2 Same Day Patients

5. Compensable (excluding WorkCover and TAC recipients) Patients

Appendix D: Type-B (day only) and Type C (exclusion) Lists

CHRIS BROOK
DIRECTOR
ACUTE HEALTH

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