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Open consultations
Prescribed List – Clarifying definitions under the current Grouping Scheme – consultation to clarifying and refining some definitions and descriptors for different categories of the Prescribed List (at the group, subgroup, and/or suffix level).
Step 1 closing Friday 24 January 2025.
Closed consultations
Reforms consultations
Consultation paper | Summary | Status | Feedback report |
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Consultation paper 10 | Looked at ways to address concerns about the growth in use and spending for general use items. | Closed 20 September 2024 | Feedback analysis is in progress. |
Consultation paper 9 | Looked for ways to reduce benefits of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIED) and the cost of technical support services (TSS). | closed on 6 September 2024 | Feedback analysis is in progress. |
Consultation paper 8a | Looked at the reporting requirements for gifts, benefits and discounts. | May to June 2024 | See the feedback analysis report |
Consultation paper 8b | Discussed aligning the amount charged for supplying a device with the corresponding Prescribed List benefit. | May to June 2024 | See the feedback analysis report |
Consultation paper 7 | Covered the suggested measures for compliance, assurance, and information sharing related to the Prescribed List. | July to August 2023 | See the feedback analysis report |
Consultation paper 6(b) | Set out the proposed fees and legislative changes for including products in the Prescribed List. | March to May 2023 | See the feedback analysis report. |
Consultation paper 6(a) | Defined the proposed criteria to include items in Parts A and C of the Prescribed List. | March to May 2023 | See the feedback analysis report. |
Consultation paper 5 | Proposed 3 ways to implement bundling of benefits for general use items. | February to March 2023 | See the feedback analysis report. |
Consultation paper 4(b) | Sought feedback on the first set of legislation changes in 3 bills. | November 2022 | See the feedback analysis report. |
Consultation paper 4(a) | Provided an analysis of stakeholder feedback from a series of 3 webinars. | September 2022 | See the feedback analysis report. |
Consultation paper 3(b) | Proposed new listing pathways. | September to October 2022 | See the feedback analysis report.
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Consultation paper 3 | Proposed ideas to help establish separate pathways to list existing technology. | January to March 2022 | |
Consultation paper 2(a) | Presented the current structure of Part B and put forward ideas to improve this section. | January to March 2022 | |
Consultation paper 1 | Canvassed views on proposed implementation of improvements to the list. | September 2021 | See the feedback report and answers to commonly asked questions. |
Other consultations
We undertook consultation on:
- a preliminary draft of the Prescribed List Guide (August 2023)
- the Prescribed List Compliance Strategy (September to October 2022
- regrouping the Prescribed List in 5 stages, through a series of documents and an information webinar; this work is ongoing.
- bundling arrangements for general use items on the Prescribed List in Part D (done by the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority)
- options for reforms and improvements to the Prostheses List (December 2020).