Bulk billing arrangements
39 Bulk billing arrangements
Bulk billing arrangements may be entered into by the Authority with respect to—
the payment of expenses incurred in connection with the treatment of participants in the Scheme at public hospitals; or
the payment of expenses incurred in transporting participants in the Scheme by ambulance; or
the payment of other treatment expenses incurred by participants in the Scheme.
A bulk billing arrangement is an arrangement with the Minister for Health, service providers or others acting on their behalf for the payment by the Authority of any such expenses of participants in the Scheme at the rate provided by the arrangement.
For the purposes of this section, the treatment or transport of participants in the Scheme includes the treatment or transport of persons classified as participants in the Scheme in accordance with a bulk billing arrangement.
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