Maternity Services Reporting Requirements




13 APRIL 2007 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 41 1075

DB9 Reporting requirements: service delivery information

A maternity provider must submit service delivery information in accordance with the claim forms, OMC system or message standard definition for maternity non-LMC services approved by the Ministry of Health from time to time.

Defined in this notice: claim, maternity provider, maternity non-LMC services, message standard definition, OMC

Module: Non LMC first trimester

DB10 Service specification: first trimester

For a woman in the first trimester of pregnancy a general practitioner or midwife, who works for the PHO practice with whom the woman is enrolled for primary health services, must provide the following services as required:

(a) informing the woman regarding her options for choosing a LMC:

(b) providing appropriate information and education about screening, and offering referrals to a provider for the appropriate screening tests that the Ministry of Health may, from time to time, notify maternity providers about:

(c) providing written information including screening test results and relevant health information to the woman and her LMC on the care provided:

(d) pregnancy care and advice, including—

(i) confirmation of pregnancy; and

(ii) review of current and past health status; and

(iii) health information and education including nutrition, smoking, alcohol and drugs; and

(iv) ensuring that the woman has a copy of the Ministry of Health’s consumer information on primary maternity services; and

(v) all appropriate assessment of a woman including blood pressure and assessment of uterine size:

(e) care and advice if there is a real and imminent risk of miscarriage, the woman is experiencing a miscarriage or a miscarriage has occurred, including—

(i) all appropriate assessment and care of a woman; and

(ii) referral for diagnostic tests and treatment, if necessary:

(f) assessment, care, and advice provided in relation to a termination of pregnancy, including—

(i) referral for diagnostic tests, if necessary; and

(ii) referral for a termination of pregnancy.

Defined in this notice: first trimester, general practitioner, LMC, maternity provider, midwife, PHO, primary health services, primary maternity services



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2007, No 41


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2007, No 41





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 General information about maternity non-LMC services (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Maternity services, Non-LMC services, Reporting requirements, Service delivery information

🏥 DB9 Reporting requirements: service delivery information

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Maternity services, Reporting requirements, Service delivery information, Claim forms, OMC system

🏥 Module: Non LMC first trimester

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Maternity services, First trimester, Service specification, General practitioner, Midwife

🏥 DB10 Service specification: first trimester

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Maternity services, First trimester, Service specification, Pregnancy care, Screening tests