Bermuda Consolidated Legislation

 

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

BR 58/1988

HOSPITAL INSURANCE (HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN) (ADDITIONAL BENEFITS) ORDER 1988

[made under section 13 (2) of the Hospital Insurance Act 1970
[title 18 item 9] and brought into operation on 1 September 1988]

Citation and commencement

1 This Order may be cited as the Hospital Insurance (Health In surance Plan) (Additional Benefits) Order 1988 and shall come into operation on 1st September 1988.

Additional benefits

2 The additional benefits (including the items of treatment) covered by the health insurance plan are specified in the Schedule.

Revocation of BR 36/1987

3 [omitted]

SCHEDULE (paragraph 2)

SPECIFIED

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS COVERED BY HEALTH
INSURANCE PLAN

1.	Medical pre-admission office visit: to a maximum of 4 units.
2.	Medical Care: ) to a maximum of 30 units. )
3.	Surgery: ) In to a maximum of 90 units. ) hospital
4.	Anaesthetist: ) to a maximum of 30 units. )
5.	Medical Home visits: to a maximum of 4 visits per month.
6.	Treatment in a doctor's office, as approved by the Hospital Insurance Commission, to a maximum of 90 units.

For the purposes of items 1 to 6 above the expression "unit" used for the assessing insurance liability to members of the medical profession outside the hospital is the appropriate unit for the practitioners concerned and the services rendered according to the fee schedule agreed between the Bermuda Medical Society and the health insurers for comparable services in the hospital.

[Schedule amended by BR 57/1995 effective 25 November 1995, by BR 4/1996 effective 1 April 1996, substituted by BR 2/1997 effective 1 April 1997; and by BR 15/1998 effective 1 April 1998]