| Date of update |
Comments |
| July
2008 |
36 new items,
including 12 RVG anaesthesia items. Download above. |
| Nov
2007_2 |
2nd release, dated
November 19. Includes new items in ASA RVG schedule for microvascular free
flap surgery. Download here. |
| Nov
2007 |
Updated fees. No
additional anaesthetic changes. |
| May
2007 |
Minor update. No
changes for anaesthetists from Nov 2006. Download here. |
| Nov
2006 |
For changes see this
pdf document. Download here. |
| Sep
2006 |
Minor ASA RVG
changes - Replaced item BL650 (IABP) with new item BL655. 5 units. Replaced item BM035 (Airway) with new item BM040.
BM045 changed from 2 to 3 units.
Update postcode database to remove some unnecessary postcodes. Download
here. |
| May
2006 |
New items for pain
and palliative care medicine (2801 - 3093). A number of other minor changes
mostly not relevant to anaesthetists or intensivists. Download
here. |
| Nov
2005 |
Unit value increased
to 17.15. New and modified items. Time units each 10 min after 2 hours
(previously 4 hours). Download here.
Changes described in this pdf
file. |
| Nov
2004 |
Updated unit value
by 35c to $16.85. Minor revisions to ASA RVG schedule. Download
here. Changes described in this
Word document. |
| May
2004 |
New item for TOE for
cardiac valve surgery (55135). Reduced fee for item 55130. New central line
items 34538 & 34539. |
| Dec
2003 |
ASA RVG schedule
updated on Nov 11. No change in MBS file. |
| Nov
2003 |
Increase of approx
2.5% in non-RVG anaesthesia related items. RVG unit value unchanged at $16.50.
DVA fees up 2.7%. ASA RVG up to $56.00. |
| May 2003 |
New anaesthesia
items 20440, 21112, 21114, 21116. New Botox items 18350 -18370. |
| Dec
6 2002 |
Added fees for items
18219, 18227, 25200, 25205. Inserted the MBS-RVG linking table into the file
(was previously in user's data file). A few other minor adjustments. To check
version, go to the File Management Menu, click Select an Items file, click on
AAItems2002_Nov and in the description box check that the MBS items file was
updated on Dec 6. |
| Nov
9 2002 |
Corrected fee for
item 18226 to $230.90. This fee is incorrectly stated in the printed book as
$225.30. |
| Oct
31 2002 |
New schedule for
November 2002. Unit value decrease to 16.50. |
| July
7 2002 |
Minor modifications
to some of data - modifier descriptions, MBS/RVG links. These changes
automatically performed during update to version 3.2 of Access Anaesthetics.
Updates items file from version 3.0 to 3.2. |
| Apr
30 2002 |
New file for
Medicare update of May 1, 2002. |
| Nov
2001 (Re-released) |
Re-released on April
2, 2002 to correct 3 minor errors. |
| Nov
2001 (Re-released) |
Re-released on Nov 2
to correct an error where, in some cases, items could not be added to an
account directly from the MBS book. |
| Nov
2001 (Re-released) |
Includes the revised
RVG schedule from the ASA for Nov 2001. All previous versions included the ASA fee schedule
from June 1998. |
| Nov
2001 (Oct12) |
Major changes
incorporating the RVG into the Medicare Benefits Schedule. A completely new
set of item numbers has been introduced. Download using the link above.
(Re-released on Oct 20 to include fees for items 22060, 25020 and 25025 which
were omitted due to an inconsistency in the file supplied by the HIC.) |
| July 2001 |
A few new items, mostly related to
echocardiography, angiocardiography or arteriocardiography. |
| May 2001 |
A few new, modified and deleted
items. No change in unit value from $14.80. No RVG-related changes. |
| November 2000 |
New, modified and deleted items for
November 2000. Unit value increased to $14.80. No RVG-related changes. |
| June 2000 |
No changes of significance for
anaesthetists since the May version. Fee changes for a number of pathology items only. |
| May 2000 |
Contains new and modified items. No change in
the anaesthetic unit value from $14.60. |
| February 2000 |
Only changes from Nov 1999 were in
diagnostic ultrasound items. |
| November 1999 |
MBS November 1999, RVG June 1998 and postcodes. |
