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Hospital Circular 25/2009

Date Issued: 20 September 2009

Distribution: 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 been advised of a pension increase that becomes effective from 20 September 2009.  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 $45.50 per day under the Health Insurance Act 1973.  This represents 87.5% of the standard rate of the pension plus the maximum daily rate of rental assistance.

NHTP accommodation fee

This fee will be increased from 20 September 2009 by $2.50 to $101.65 per day.

Public Hospitals should now update their NHTP fees to reflect these changes.

Lance Wallace
Executive Director
Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services