Footnotes

HEALTH INSURANCE (NATIONAL JOINT REPLACEMENT REGISTER LEVY) BILL 2009

[1]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[2]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp 1–2.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[5]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 4.

[6]        Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[7]        National Joint Replacement Registry, About, http://www.dmac.adelaide.edu.au/aoanjrr/about.jsp?section=about (accessed 9 June 2009).

[8]        Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 18, p. 6.

[9]        National Joint Replacement Registry, Aims of the Registry, http://www.dmac.adelaide.edu.au/aoanjrr/about.jsp?section=aims (accessed 9 June 2009).

[10]      National Joint Replacement Registry, About.

[11]      Australian Orthopaedic Association, Submission 1, p. 1.

[12]      Mr I Burgess, AOA, Committee Hansard, 11.6.09, p.1.

[13]      Medical Technology Association of Australia, Submission 7, p. 1.

[14]      Medical Technology Association of Australia, Submission 7, p. 1.

[15]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 18, p. 6.

[16]      Australian Health Insurance Association, Submission 2, p. 1.

[17]      Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Submission 11, p. 1.

[18]      Stryker South Pacific, Submission 5; St. Jude Medical Australia Pty Ltd, Submission 3; Orthotech Holdings Pty Ltd, Submission 6; Smith and Nephew Surgical Pty Ltd, Submission 4. See also Advanced Surgical Technologies Pty Ltd, Submission 8; Austofix Group, Submission 10; Medtronic Australasia Pty Ltd, Submission 13.

[19]      Smith and Nephew Surgical Pty Ltd, Submission 4, p.1; St. Jude Medical Australia Pty Ltd, Submission 3, p. 1.

[20]      Lifehealthcare Distribution Pty Ltd, Submission 9, p. 1.

[21]      Device Technologies, Submission 15, p. 1.

[22]      Ms P Shakespeare, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 15.6.09, p.6.

[23]      Medical Technology Association of Australia, Submission 7, p. 2.

[24]      St. Jude Medical Australia Pty Ltd, Submission 3, p. 1.

[25]      Ms A Trimmer, MTAA, Committee Hansard, 11.6.09, p.6;

[26]      Medical Technology Association of Australia, Submission 7, p. 2.

[27]      Advanced Surgical Technologies Pty Ltd, Submission 8, p. 1;

[28]      Catholic Health Australia, Submission 19, pp 1 & 2.

[29]      Stryker South Pacific, Submission 5, p. 1.

[30]      Boston Scientific Australia New Zealand, Submission 14, p. 4.

[31]      Zimmer Pty Ltd, Submission 17, pp 1–2.

[32]      Mr A Wiltshire, Medtronic Australasia, Committee Hansard, 11.6.09, p. 17; see also Johnson & Johnson Medical, Submission 16, p. 1; Mr S Dasgupta, JJM, Committee Hansard, 11.6.09, p. 12.

[33]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 18, pp 7–8; see also Ms P Shakespeare, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 15.6.09, pp 3–4.

[34]      The costs recovery guidelines are available at http://www.finance.gov.au/publications/finance-circulars/2005/09.html#FMG_4

[35]      Ms P Shakespeare, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 15.6.09, p.3; for further examples of cost recovery arrangements through levies see Department of Health and Ageing, Answer to Question on Notice, 15.6.09.

[36]      Ms P Shakespeare, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 15.6.09, p.3.

[37]      St. Jude Medical Australia Pty Ltd, Submission 3, p. 2.

[38]      Medtronic Australasia Pty Ltd, Submission 13, p. 1.

[39]      Smith and Nephew Surgical Pty Ltd, Submission 4, p. 1; Stryker South Pacific, Submission 5, p. 1.

[40]      Stryker South Pacific, Submission 1, p. 1; see also Smith and Nephew Surgical Pty Ltd, Submission 4, p. 1.

[41]      Advanced Surgical Technologies Pty Ltd, Submission 8, p. 2.

[42]      Medical Technology Association of Australia, Submission 7, p. 3.

[43]      Advanced Surgical Technologies Pty Ltd, Submission 8, p. 2.

[44]      St. Jude Medical Australia Pty Ltd, Submission 3, p. 2.

[45]      Lifehealthcare Distribution Pty Ltd, Submission 9, p. 1.

[46]      Global Orthopaedic Technology, Submission 12, p. 1 and p. 3.

[47]      Global Orthopaedic Technology, Submission 12, p. 3.

[48]      Ms P Shakespeare, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 15.6.09, p.2.

[49]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 18, p. 8.

[50]      Global Orthopaedic Technology, Submission 12, p. 2; see also Mr S Dasgupta, JJM, Committee Hansard. 11.6.09, p. 12.

[51]      Ms A Trimmer, MTAA, Committee Hansard. 11.6.09, p.5.

[52]      Boston Scientific Australia New Zealand, Submission 14, pp 2–3.

[53]      Austofix Group, Submission 10, p. 1.

[54]      Smith and Nephew Surgical Pty Ltd, Submission 4, p. 1.

[55]      Medical Technology Association of Australia, Submission 7, p. 3.

[56]      Austofix Group, Submission 10, p. 1.

[57]      Prof S Graves, AOA, Committee Hansard, 11.6.09, p.3.

[58]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 18, p. 8.

[59]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 18, p. 8.

[60]      Ms P Shakespeare, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 15.6.09, p.2.

[61]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 18, p. 8.

[62]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 18, p. 8.

[63]      Ms P Shakespeare, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 15.6.09, p.3.

[64]      Ms P Shakespeare, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 15.6.09, pp 3 & 5.

[65]      Ms P Shakespeare, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 15.6.09, p.2.

[66]      Ms A Trimmer, MTAA, Committee Hansard, 11.6.09, p. 6.

[67]      Mr S Dasgupta, Johnson & Johnson Medical, Committee Hansard, 11.6.09, p. 12; Boston Scientific Australia New Zealand, Submission 14, p. 4.

[68]      Orthotech Holdings Pty Ltd, Submission 6, p. 1.

[69]      Austofix Group, Submission 10, p. 1.

[70]      Medtronic Australasia Pty Ltd, Submission 13, p. 2.

[71]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 18, p. 8.

[72]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 18, p. 10; see also Ms P Shakespeare, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 15.6.09, p.6.

[73]      Medical Technology Association of Australia, Submission 7, p. 3.

[74]      Boston Scientific Australia New Zealand, Submission 14, p. 3.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BY COALITION SENATORS

[1] Lifehealthcare Distribution Pty Ltd, Submission 9, p. 1.

[2] Medical Technology Association of Australia, Submission 7 (Additional information), 15 June 2009.

[3] Mr Andrew Wiltshire, Medtronic Australasia, Proof Committee Hansard, 11 June 2009, p. CA18.

[4] Medical Technology Association of Australia, Submission 7 (Additional information), 15 June 2009.

[5] Medical Technology Association of Australia, Submission 7 (Additional information), 15 June 2009.