SINGAPORE – Providing fee benchmarks for more procedures and expanding the Integrated Shield Plan (IP) are some ways to improve the healthcare system to better safeguard patients’ interests, said Workers’ Party MP Gerald Giam (Aljunied GRC). Addressing the trend of what he called over-servicing and overcharging is also key to curbing rising healthcare costs in... » read more
SINGAPORE – A group of private sector doctors has taken issue with what it calls “highly exclusive” panels of doctors, approved by Integrated Shield Plan (IP) insurers, in a bid to counter their rising costs. The specialists blame insurers for creating plans that led to excessive claims and excluding too many doctors from their panels,... » read more
SINGAPORE – Patients can access doctors across most specialisations on Integrated Shield Plan (IP) insurers’ panels, but their options might sometimes be limited. Areas with the most panel specialists across the board include oncology, cardiology and orthopaedic surgery, according to data compiled by The Straits Times. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the... » read more
SINGAPORE – Doctors and Integrated Shield Plan (IP) insurers are currently locked in a battle over the relatively small number of preferred private specialists on the insurers’ panels. The rift is not new but it intensified at the start of the week when the Singapore Medical Association (SMA), which has more than 8,200 members, issued... » read more