EmailHospital Circular 01/2009
Date Issued: 19 January 2009
Distribution: Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Hospitals and Ambulance Victoria
Subject: Emergency ambulance services price increase
Purpose: To advise hospitals and the ambulance services of an emergency ambulance service price increase effective 19 January 2009
The Secretary has issued a direction to ambulance services in respect to the emergency transport fee that they charge. Effective from 19 January 2009, Ambulance Victoria emergency fee for rural and metropolitan areas will increase by 3%.
This price increase will apply to all public and private hospitals. A similar price increase has also been applied to transports from the community, TAC, WorkCover and the Department of Veteran Affairs emergency attendances and transports.
Ambulance Services Victoria - Fee Increase 2009
GENERAL USER FEES |
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Item
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Fee as of 10/12/2007 |
Fee as of 19/01/2009 |
Metropolitan road cases - MAS |
|
|
Emergency road transport |
$ 871.15 |
$ 897.28 |
Attend no transport |
$ 262.87 |
$ 270.76 |
| Rural road cases - RAV & ADAS |
|
|
Emergency road transport |
|
|
Flagfall |
$ 867.92 |
$ 893.95 |
Time per minute |
$ 10.51 |
$ 10.82 |
Distance per kilometre |
$ 1.03 |
$ 1.06 |
Attend no transport |
$ 252.91 |
$ 260.49 |
Air ambulance - MAS only |
|
|
Fixed wing |
|
|
First hour or part thereof (not including road component) |
$ 801.77 |
$ 825.82 |
Each additional minute |
$ 13.38 |
$ 13.78 |
Rotary wing |
|
|
First hour or part thereof (not including road component) |
$ 3,023.05 |
$ 3,113.74 |
Each additional minute |
$ 50.39 |
$ 51.90 |
Lance Wallace
Executive Director
Metropolitan Health and Aged Care Services
