✨ Maternity Services Regulations
13 APRIL 2007 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 41 1071
(viii) parenting advice and education.
(2) If a birth has occurred in a maternity facility, the LMC, in discussion with the
woman and the maternity facility, must determine when the woman is
clinically ready for discharge.
(3) If a general practitioner or obstetrician LMC uses hospital midwifery services,
the LMC must—
(a) make a prior agreement with the maternity facility on the use of the
hospital midwifery services; and
(b) ensure that the respective responsibilities of the LMC and the hospital
midwifery services are clearly documented in the care plan and that a
copy of the care plan is given to the hospital midwifery services and to
the woman; and
(c) be available to provide consultation and treatment on request.
Defined in this notice: birth, care plan, general practitioner, home visit, hospital midwifery
services, inpatient postnatal care, LMC, maternity facility, maternity provider, midwife, NIR,
obstetrician, well child provider
DA30 Payment rules: services following birth
(1) The fees for inpatient postnatal care may be claimed only if the woman
receives inpatient postnatal care.
(2) The fees for no inpatient postnatal care may be claimed only if the woman
does not receive inpatient postnatal care.
(3) In addition, in accordance with this clause, the full fee, the first partial fee or
the last partial fee may be claimed, as the case may require.
(4) If a LMC uses hospital midwifery services the maternity provider must claim
the fee that applies if a general practitioner or obstetrician has used hospital
midwifery services.
(5) A maternity provider may claim only the first partial fee if the woman was
registered with the maternity provider, but changed maternity provider during
the first, second or third week following birth.
(6) A maternity provider may claim only the last partial fee if the woman first
registered with the maternity provider during the fourth, fifth or sixth week
following birth.
(7) If subclauses (5) and (6) do not apply, the maternity provider may claim the
full fee.
(8) Only 1 payment for services following birth will be paid per woman, per
pregnancy except where the mother and baby have different residential
addresses. If separate fees for services following birth are sought, details of
the circumstances must be provided with the claim. In particular:
(a) for the claim for services following birth for the birth mother, the birth
mother’s NHI and the baby’s NHI must be provided on the claim;
(b) for the claim for services following birth for the baby and its caregiver,
the caregiver’s NHI and the baby’s NHI must be provided on the claim.
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Online Sources for this page:
VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 2007, No 41
Gazette.govt.nz —
NZ Gazette 2007, No 41
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