Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

It would be appreciated if you could supply me with a copy of the following 2011 ACC Publication : ACC review of elective surgery decision-making which was referenced at the following site http://www.hiirc.org.nz/page/25288/acc-r...,

and included the abstract;

Abstract

Elective surgery is a significant area for ACC with over 50,000 applications for funding received each year at a cost of $234 million in 2009/10. Over the last three years, ACC has phased out auto-approval processes and applied additional resource and medical expertise to ensure only those applications that are appropriate for an accident compensation scheme are approved. This review analysed the impact of these elective surgery process changes and sought answers to questions about the changes, what impact they have had and how decision making could be improved. Overall, the review found that the majority of clients believed that ACC treated them fairly and their surgery application was considered in a timely manner. However, the review also found an underlying lack of confidence on the part of key external stakeholders in the robustness and fairness of ACC’s elective surgery decision-making for declined cases.

I confirm that under s16(2) of the Official Information Act, my preferred way of receiving a response is by email to the address from which ACC received the original request, not by post and thank you for your assistance.

Yours faithfully,

David Lawson

Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

I am writing to advise that I have sourced this official information from an alternative means and confirm that I will no longer require the information ACC REVIEW OF ELECTIVE SURGERY
DECISION-MAKING published in 2011 by ACC.

Thank you for your assistance to date.

Yours faithfully,

David Lawson

Dear Accident Compensation Corporation,

As advised previously this information has been sourced elsewhere. Thanks for any time that you may have expended in assisting.

Yours faithfully,

David Lawson