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Hospital Circular 3/2005

Date Issued: 3 March 2005
Distribution: Public Hospitals

Enquiries: Head Office

Attention: Public Hospitals, Extended Care Centres, Metropolitan Health Services, and Regional Offices

Subject: Public Hospital Charges - Changes Nursing Home Patients (NHTP)

Public Hospital Charges – Changes

NHT Patients

The Department has just been advised of a pension increase that becomes effective from 20 March 2005. Pensioners and beneficiaries will see increases from their first payday after that date. As a consequence the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing has revised the minimum statutory NHTP contribution.
The current amount will be increased to $34.80 per day under the Health insurance Act 1973. This represents 87.5% of the standard rate of the pension.
Public Hospitals should now update their NHT patient co-payment fees to reflect this change.

Shane Solomon
Executive Director
Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services