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Doctors demand investigation into PMI fee schedules

Cover | 03 Feb 2012 | 14:59

The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to extend its private healthcare market review to include insurers’ fee schedules.

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Brokers slam Defaqto’s ‘highly dangerous’ PMI ratings

Medical insurance brokers have branded Defacto’s new private medical insurance (PMI) star ratings as ‘highly dangerous and not in the best interest of customers’.

Cover | 03 Feb 2012 | 14:30
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Axa PPP extends cancer cover to rejected NHS drug

Axa PPP has extended its cancer coverage to include the clinically effective prostate cancer drug rejected for the NHS because it is too expensive.

Cover | 03 Feb 2012 | 10:49

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Nice rejects 'clinically effective' cancer drug for being too expensive

Cancer charities have slammed the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's (Nice) decision to reject a drug that prolongs the life of prostate cancer suffers for being too expensive.

Cover | 02 Feb 2012 | 16:10
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Bright Grey ups CI claims paid

Bright Grey paid out 91% of critical illness (CI) claims in the last six months of 2011.

Cover | 30 Jan 2012 | 11:21
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Brits most stressed workers in world

Workplace stress has reached a four-year high with British workers being the most stressed compared to colleagues in some of the world’s biggest economies, a new report has found.

Cover | 30 Jan 2012 | 10:01
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Private hospitals face tough year as PMI income falls

The coming year promises to be a tough one for the private healthcare sector, according to a new report from analyst Laing and Buisson.

Cover | 27 Jan 2012 | 15:34
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Healix backs PMI open referrals

Healix has voiced support for the use of open referrals within the private medical insurance (PMI) market but warned that insurers need to be more transparent about the process.

Cover | 27 Jan 2012 | 15:13
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PMI exam passes landmark

The Association of Medical Insurance Intermediaries (Amii) has announced 500 people have now passed the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII)/AMII IF7 private medical insurance (PMI) exam.

Cover | 26 Jan 2012 | 16:10
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Brits twice as risky with health than wealth

Britons are twice as likely to gamble with their health as with their money or career, new research has found.

Cover | 26 Jan 2012 | 11:16
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Cosmetic surgery insurance scheme on the cards

The PIP breast implant furore could prompt the creation of an insurance scheme for cosmetic surgery patients to prevent similar remedial problems in the future.

Cover | 20 Jan 2012 | 15:22
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Bupa launches free IPMI app

Bupa has launched a free iPhone and Android app to enable its international private medical insurance (IPMI) customers to access their policy information from anywhere in the world.

Cover | 19 Jan 2012 | 14:45
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Bupa and BMI end hospital contract battle

Bupa has reached an agreement with BMI Healthcare to re-introduce patient treatment at all but three of the hospital network’s facilities.

Cover | 18 Jan 2012 | 15:15

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