"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 [...]
"Private Health Funds seeking to influence clinical care in Australia will find themselves in conflict with the great majority of practising doctors" Chairman of the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Dr John Harrison, said in Sydney today. A programme known as Measures of Appropriate Clinical Care (MACC) financed by Australia’s [...]
The Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ASOS) has described as outrageous a decision by National Mutual Health Insurance trading as HBA to exclude from full member benefits 31 private hospitals in Victoria. Victorian Chairman of the ASOS, Dr Greg Hoy, said the justification (namely that HBA needs to contain its [...]