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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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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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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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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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OFT should consider healthcare trusts – Healix

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) should consider healthcare trusts as the most transparent form of corporate private medical insurance (PMI), specialists have said.

Cover | 12 Jan 2012 | 10:47
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Bupa defends open referrals after doctors' criticism

Bupa has hit back at claims by doctors that its open referrals process is ‘flawed on several levels’ and limits patient choice.

Cover | 11 Jan 2012 | 15:48
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‘Bleak’ 2011 puts healthcare sector on knife edge

Deloitte has warned that 2012 will be another tough year for the healthcare sector after the number of businesses going into administration grew sharply last year.

Cover | 11 Jan 2012 | 12:43
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Axa PPP removes cancer cover limits

Axa PPP has removed all cost and time limits for licensed cancer drug treatment for patients on its standard individual and SME plans.

Cover | 09 Jan 2012 | 12:50

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