EmailHospital Circular 21/2000
Date Issued: 21 December 2000
Publication: 21/2000
Distribution: Public Hospitals
Subject: PBS co-payment and Safety Net threshold
Purpose: To advise hospitals of the PBS co-payment and Safety Net threshold for 2001
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) co-payment and Safety Net threshold
The Commonwealth has advised that effective 1 January 2001: the new level of PBS patient co-payment for concessional patients is $3.50, and the new safety net threshold for concessional patients is $182.00.
Hospitals are advised that they may record $3.50 for every eligible supply to concessional patients from 1 January 2001. Fees for non-concessional patients ("general patients") are to remain at $15.00 per prescription item however the safety net threshold has increased to $669.70 per calendar year.
To access this update in the Fees and Charges for Acute Health Services in Victoria: A Handbook for Public Hospitals, refer to:
Section B: Fees for Non-Admitted Patients
3. Pharmaceutical Fees and
3.1 Pharmaceutical Benefits Safety Net Scheme
Effective: 1 January 2001
For more information see the Fees Manual website.
DR
C W BROOK
DIRECTOR, ACUTE HEALTH
