Private healthcare crisis: NIB refusing to pay its ‘fair share’ warns hospital boss
When private negotiations go sour and spill into the public domain, you know something is going badly wrong. Last week, the country’s largest not-for-profit private…
Tag: Private health insurance
Cheaper than building more hospitals: My solution to overloaded obstetric units
It’s been argued that cover for the management of pregnancy as a private patient be included in all private hospital insurance coverage. The only people…
Anaesthetists hit back after Four Corners and Margaret Faux accuse them of Medicare rorts
Anaesthetists have accused the ABC of tarnishing their reputation and unnecessarily alarming patients after a Four Corners report alleged that most anaesthetists were exaggerating the…
Bill shockers: $1099 for an IV push and other tales of US healthcare madness
If anyone needs a reason to be grateful for Australian healthcare — for all its current troubles — they can always look at life in…
Health insurers want freedom to fund chronic disease management plans as hospital costs rise
Private health insurers have repeated calls for an end to legislation restricting their role in funding chronic disease management care. The issue resurfaced during the…
Private health insurers ‘pocket huge profits’ while hospitals struggle
Private health insurers are under fire for pocketing “huge” profits while planning to raise premiums on some products by up to 8% and failing to…
GP provider numbers and addresses caught in Medibank hack
Doctors who were not Medibank customers were targeted in last year’s hack, the insurer has revealed, with provider numbers and at least one home address…
Medibank legal action to ‘test’ health privacy laws
Lawyers will chase compensation for thousands of Medibank customers in what they describe as a potential test of privacy laws around health records. In October…
Medibank extortion: Hackers start publishing names of women who’ve had abortions
Hackers are publishing the names of Medibank customers who received abortions or mental health treatment as they attempt to extort millions from the private health…
Obstetricians take action against health insurers for their ‘criminal’ pregnancy cover
Associate Professor Gino Pecoraro says they're guilty of gender discrimination.
