Senate debates

Tuesday, 7 March 2023

Bills

Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Medical Device and Human Tissue Product List and Cost Recovery) Bill 2022, Private Health Insurance (Prostheses Application and Listing Fees) Amendment (Cost Recovery) Bill 2022, Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022; In Committee

6:28 pm

Photo of Anne RustonAnne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

Which part of this package of bills seeks to set up, the framework in terms of the operation going forward.

I'm just wondering: has the government received any concerns from the hospital sector in relation to their ability to implement the bundling of these new items that will now be considered outside of the Prostheses List under general use items? Has the government received any correspondence or any representations raising concerns from private hospitals about their ability to undertake the changes that will need to occur on 1 July for these 400-plus items to no longer be included under that mechanism of funding but under a new mechanism of funding?

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