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AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973
Health Insurance (Medicare Benefits Payable in Respect of Professional Services – Noarlunga and Smaller Medical Services in South Australia) Direction (No.2) 2021

I, NIGEL MURRAY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, Medical Benefits Division, Health Resourcing Group, delegate for the Minister for Health, acting under subsection 19(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, hereby:
(1)   REVOKE the Direction made under subsection 19(2) of the Act that was granted on
1 July 2021, in respect of professional services provided by, or on behalf of, or under an arrangement with South Australia Health; and

(2)   DIRECT that Medicare Benefits shall be payable in respect of:
       (a)   a professional service (as defined in Section 3 of the Health Insurance Act 1973) which has been agreed to be provided by, or on behalf of, or under an arrangement with South Australia Health (ABN: 97 643 356 590) for which:
         (i)     items specified in Schedule A of this Direction; and
         (ii)  of the general medical services table (means the table
         prescribed under subsection 4(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973), diagnostic imaging services table (means the table prescribed under subsection 4AA(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973) and pathology services table (means the table prescribed under subsection 4A(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973) relates: and
       (b)   Where the professional service is provided to:
         (i)     an eligible person (as defined in Section 3 of the Health Insurance Act 1973); and
         (ii)  a patient who is not receiving hospital treatment or an episode of hospital treatment (as defined in Section 121-5 of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007); and
       (c)   the professional services referred to in clause (a):
         (i)     is provided at a practice location specified in Schedule B of this Direction.
DECLARED that this Direction shall have effect from the date of signature until
30 June 2025 inclusive unless earlier revoked.
Date this  22 day of December 2021

Nigel Murray
Assistant Secretary
Medical Benefits Division
Health Resourcing Group
Department of Health

SCHEDULE A
MEDICARE BENEFITS SCHEDULE ITEMS AS AGREED BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND south australia health
For services listed in the below tables, all provisions of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act) and regulations made under the Act, and the National Health Act 1953 and regulations made under the National Health Act 1953, relating to medical services, professional services or items apply.
Group   Group Name                                                                                                                                                               Subgroup   Subgroup Name
A1      General practitioner attendances to which no other item applies
A2      Other non-referred attendances to which no other item applies
A5      Prolonged attendances to which no other item applies
A6      Group therapy
A7      Acupuncture and non-specialist practitioner items                                                                                                                        All
A11     Urgent attendances after-hours
A14     Health assessments
A15     GP Management