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.