EmailHospital Circular 04/2006
Date Issued: 20 March 2006
Distribution: Public Hospitals
Attention: Public Hospitals, Extended Care Centres, Metropolitan Health Services, and Regional Offices
Subject: Public Hospital Charges - Changes
Nursing Home Type Patients (NHTP)
Public Hospital Charges - Changes
NHTP co-payment
The Department has just been advised of a pension increase that becomes effective from 20 March 2006. 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 $36.40 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 NHTP co-payment fees to reflect this change.
Lance Wallace
Acting Executive Director
Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services
