✨ Maternity Services Definitions
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“Health Benefits” is the section of the Ministry of Health responsible for processing and payment of Claims.
“Homebirth” means:
(a) a Birth that takes place in a person’s home and not in a Maternity Facility or Birthing Unit; or
(b) a Birth where management of the labour commences at home and there is a documented plan to birth at home.
“Home Visit(s)” means a domiciliary consultation between the woman/baby and the Authorised Practitioner at the home where the woman/baby is domiciled (or at a Maternity Facility where the woman has been discharged as an Inpatient but the baby remains as an Inpatient).
“Hospital Midwifery Services” means midwifery services provided by a Maternity Facility to allow a General Practitioner or Obstetrician Lead Maternity Carer to fulfil the Lead Maternity Care obligations.
“Inpatient” means that the woman/baby receives Maternity Services in an inpatient setting, being either admitted to a Maternity Facility or a Birthing Unit or having received a consultation in a Maternity Facility of more than 3 hours duration.
“Inpatient Postnatal Care” means the twenty-four hour care a woman and baby receives if the woman remains in the Maternity Facility for twelve hours or more after the Birth.
“Labour & Birth” means the period from the onset of Established Labour until two hours after delivery of the placenta.
“LMP (Last Menstrual Period) Date” means the first estimated or actual date of the beginning of the woman’s last menstrual period.
“Lead Maternity Care” means the Modules, as specified in clause C4 of this Notice, provided by a Lead Maternity Carer.
“Lead Maternity Carer (LMC)” means an Authorised Practitioner who is a General Practitioner with a Diploma in Obstetrics (or equivalent, as determined by the New Zealand College of General Practitioners), a Midwife or an Obstetrician who has been selected by the woman to provide her Lead Maternity Care as described in clauses C3 & C4.
“Maternity Facility” means a facility that provides both labour & birth services and Inpatient Postnatal Care, as described in the relevant service specification issued by the Ministry of Health.
“Maternity Services” means any of the services described in Part C of this Notice.
“Midwife” means an Authorised Practitioner who is a Midwife whose name is included in the register maintained by the Nursing Council of New Zealand (or its successor) and who holds a current annual practising certificate issued by that Council.
“Module(s)” means a group of services for a phase of care as described in clause C4 of this Notice for which, in normal circumstances, a single fee is payable to a Lead Maternity Carer.
“Neonatal Homecare” means care for babies who have additional needs following discharge from Specialist Neonate services, as described in the relevant service specification issued by the Ministry of Health.
“NHI (National Health Index)” means the unique person identifier number allocated by the New Zealand Health Information Service.
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