Dear ASOS member As you are aware, there are many changes occurring in the private healthcare sector. I have tried to summarise the complex trends that are occurring and provide my own views on what I believe they mean. In many ways, the same themes have occurred constantly over the [...]
Dear members, Here is the APRA Private Health Insurance Medical Gap publication which provides data on in-hospital medical services as issued 16 August 2018. Private Health Insurance Medical Gap June 2018 Private Health Insurance Medical Gap Glossary Note: The proportion of services for which there was no gap or known [...]
Dear ASOS members, The AMA has released its Private Health Insurance Report Card for public discussion The report contains an up to date look at private health insurance and some useful information and statistics Download the AMA Private Health Insurance Report Card 2018
Dear ASOS member Further to a number of enquiries from members and their practice managers, the following are the facts as we know it. This does not constitute advice to patients who may be covered by Bupa and they should be directed to www.bupa.com.au or ring their health fund for [...]
Dear ASOS members The attached poster is part of our ASOS joint campaign to inform patients of the process involved in changing health funds. ASOS will also be providing desk stands for members who would like to display them. Please advise if you would like one. A social media campaign [...]
Dear ASOS Members, ASOS believes that patients should have freedom of choice of both doctor and hospital and not be penalised with lower rebates for exercising that choice. There are now reports that Bupa will allow members to be rebated “Higher scheme benefits,” for elective surgery in public hospitals, modifying [...]
Bupa Bupa has made a significant move to strengthen its preferred provider system of hospitals and doctors. ASOS has a copy of a Bupa letter that has gone out to a number of medical practitioners signed by Andrew Ashcroft, Head of Medical Benefits at Bupa (23 Feb 2018), detailing changes [...]
1. The Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ASOS) maintains that by any measure, Australia enjoys high standards of orthopaedic medical treatment and hospital care due to high standards of training in orthopaedic surgery and related specialties, innovation in medical technology, and an established public and private hospital system. Most importantly, Australians have a choice [...]
"Attempts to force patients to demand cheaper prostheses by price discrimination of some implant products could be counter productive to good clinical care," Chairman, Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Dr Gary Speck said in Melbourne today. "It seems everyone including health fund CEOs want to tell our patients what implant [...]
The Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons today called on the chairman of MBF, Mr John Condie, to personally guarantee that MBF will meet in full the cost of any prostheses which an orthopaedic surgeons believes is the best quality replacement part for a patient undergoing surgery. "MBF has asked hospitals [...]
