Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This Division provides that a high cost claim indemnity may be paid to an MDO or insurer that pays, or is liable to pay, more than a particular amount (referred to as the high cost claim threshold ) in relation to a claim against a person in relation to an incident that occurs in the course of, or in connection with, the person's practice as a medical practitioner.
(1A) This Division also provides for the regulations and rules to deal with other matters relating to incidents covered by the high cost claim indemnity scheme.
(2) The following table tells you where to find the provisions dealing with various issues:
Where to find the provisions on various issues | ||
Item | Issue | Provisions |
1 | what is the high cost claim threshold? | section 29 |
2 | what conditions must be satisfied for an MDO or insurer to get the high cost claim indemnity? | |
3 | what happens if the incidents occurred during the treatment of a public patient in a public hospital? | |
4 | how much is the high cost claim indemnity? | section 34 |
4A | what regulations can deal with | section 34AA |
5 | how do MDOs and insurers apply for the high cost claim indemnity? | section 36 |
6 | when will the high cost claim indemnity be paid? | section 37 |
7 | what information has to be provided to the Chief Executive Medicare about high cost indemnity matters? | section 38 |
8 | what records must MDOs and insurers keep? | section 39 |
9 | how are overpayments of high cost claim indemnity recovered? | |