, after health insurers accused device manufacturers of deliberately driving up their use to inflate their own profits.
The agreement was to save health funds $250 million this year, and $1.1 billion by 2021, and in return insurers agreed this year to the smallest increase to their membership fees in 17 years.
A spokesman for Mr Hunt said the review would "ensure the cost of these medical devices is appropriate and that firms are not inappropriately bundling items together". Medical Technology Association of Australia chief executive Ian Burgess said the device makers welcomed the review into issues such as "bundling", which he said was not happening.
Private Healthcare Australia chief executive Rachel David said her members were "very happy" the government was looking at the issue, which was affecting affordability in the sector.
Will the morons running the Health Department keep their sticky fingers out of the operating theatres.