EmailHospital Circular 19/1998
Date Issued:
16 November, 1998
Publication: 19/1998
Contact:
Regional Office
Distribution: Public Hospitals
Subject: Changes
in Fees for admitted TAC patients
1. Base Fee
Effective on or after 1 July 1998 fees for TAC compensable separations will be based on AN-DRGs Version 3.1 and the Victorian Department of Human Services cost weights specified below. The formula for conversion of low and high outlier separations into inlier equivalent separations will be the same as the general hospital casemix funding formula as set out in the Department of Human Services Victoria - Public Hospitals Policy and Funding Guidelines, as amended from time to time. Those Guidelines are available on the Internet site
For acute episodes of care, the base fee for TAC separations on or after 1 July 1998 until further notice is $1,933 per Weighted Inlier Equivalent Separation (WIES6)
2. Admission criteria
TAC compensable patients should only be admitted to hospital in accordance with the Minimum Criteria for Admission as specified in Circular 15/1998 as may be amended or replaced. Circular 15/1998, which replaced Circular 19/1993, has been distributed to public and private hospitals and day procedure centres. Requests for copies can be made to Acute Health, PRS/2 Help Desk, on (03) 9616 8141.
3. Rehabilitation
Effective on or after 1 December 1998 the following fees apply for patients admitted to rehabilitation programs designated by the Department of Human Services:
Level 1 (Care Type 2): $345 per day
Level 2 (Care Type 6): $287 per day
Level 3 (Care Type 7): $287 per day
4. Magnetic Resonance Imaging Fees for Compensable Patients
The single fee of $740 for which Compensable patients may be charged has been changed to $670, effective 1 December 1998.
5. Administrative changes
For the purposes of generating accounts, to trigger the production of TAC Statements at Allegiance Systems (formerly called Health Computing Services), hospitals are required to re-transmit the Diagnosis Record X1 for all TAC patients separated on or after 1 July 1998.
The requirement to record Hospital Name and Hospital Code on the TAC Admitted Patient AN-DRG Statement has been removed.
The TAC phone number for Enquiries has been changed from (03) 9664 6942 to (03) 9664 6664.
6. Fees Manual
As a result of the above changes, could you please make the following updates to the Fees and Charges for Acute Health Services in Victoria: A Handbook for Public Hospitals:
- replace pages 18 to 22, in part 1, Fees for Admitted Patients, with the attached pages.
DR CHRIS
BROOK
DIRECTOR
ACUTE
HEALTH
