The proposal has three components.

Component 1: The Commonwealth Government would fund 50 per cent of the annual growth in
the efficient cost of activity‐based and block‐funded hospital services on an ongoing basis and
would maintain the activity‐based funding model.

The proposal has three components.

Component 1: The Commonwealth Government would fund 50 per cent of the annual growth in
the efficient cost of activity‐based and block‐funded hospital services on an ongoing basis and
would maintain the activity‐based funding model.

The proposal would provide one‐off payments to the states and territories (the states) to help
eliminate public hospital surgery waiting lists for particular categories of clinical urgency. These
payments would be spread over two years from 1 July 2019, with 80 per cent paid in the first year.

The payment would be based on the number of patients on elective surgery waiting lists who have
been waiting longer than clinically indicated for their category as at 30 June 2019. All patients in
clinical urgency categories 1, 2 and 3 would be eligible.

The proposal would provide one‐off payments to the states and territories (the states) to help
eliminate public hospital surgery waiting lists for particular categories of clinical urgency. These
payments would be spread over two years from 1 July 2019, with 80 per cent paid in the first year.

The payment would be based on the number of patients on elective surgery waiting lists who have
been waiting longer than clinically indicated for their category as at 30 June 2019. All patients in
clinical urgency categories 1, 2 and 3 would be eligible.

The proposal has eight components and would have effect from 1 July 2020.

Component 1: Introduce a new ongoing Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item for medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and cancer surgeons to reduce out-of-pocket costs for patients following a cancer diagnosis. The new MBS item would be based on existing MBS item numbers 105 and 116: Professional attendances, whose item descriptions are provided at Attachment A.

The proposal has four components.

Component 1: The Commonwealth Government would fund an increased share of the annual growth in the efficient cost of activity-based and block-funded hospital services over the period 2020-21 to 2024-25.

The proposal would grant full Medicare eligibility to 3 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) units in public hospitals from 1 July 2022.

The proposal would establish a trial of 50 urgent care clinics (clinics) with the objective of delivering services in a primary care or community health setting that would generally otherwise be performed in an emergency department.

Existing general practice or community health centres would be selected through a competitive tender process. Selected practices and health centres would receive capital and operating funding to support them in staying open for extended hours and to increase staffing numbers.

The proposal would establish a trial of 50 urgent care clinics (clinics) with the objective of delivering services in a primary care or community health setting that would generally otherwise be performed in an emergency department.

Existing general practice or community health centres would be selected through a competitive tender process. Selected practices and health centres would receive capital and operating funding to support them in staying open for extended hours and to increase staffing numbers.

The proposal would establish a trial of 50 urgent care clinics (clinics) with the objective of delivering services in a primary care or community health setting that would generally otherwise be performed in an emergency department.

Existing general practice or community health centres would be selected through a competitive tender process. Selected practices and health centres would receive capital and operating funding to support them in staying open for extended hours and to increase staffing numbers.