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BHEC Issue Standard Health Benefit Moratorium
“A SHB moratorium memo went out to all providers on the afternoon of 6th March,” the Bermuda Health Council has confirmed, adding that “once we complete discussions on the re-designed SHB package for 2020 and how much it should cost, we will lift the moratorium to accept applications for those newly defined service areas.” Screenshot... Read more of this article
BHEC: ‘Innovation In Hospital Financing’
The Bermuda Health Council released an ‘issue brief’ on the “Government of Bermuda’s intention to introduce transformative innovation into the way hospital services are paid.” “The Ministry of Health will transition to a single payment mechanism for the Bermuda Hospitals Board that will put our healthcare system on a... Read more of this article
Health Council Support Bermuda ACE Research
The Bermuda Health Council will be providing the Family Centre with analytics and data reporting support for an Adverse Childhood Experiences [ACE] study. A spokesperson said, “The Bermuda Health Council is announcing a 2019 research collaboration with The Family Centre, a Bermuda charity. To enhance the delivery of health services and better... Read more of this article
Health Council Provider Advantage Programme
The Bermuda Health Council has announced the re-launch of its voluntary registration, Provider Advantage Programme, which is available to the island’s more than 300 health sector businesses. A spokesperson said, “As the island’s leading repository of health services, the Council’s intake and update process records vital information about... Read more of this article
Volume-Based To Value-Based Health System
The Bermuda Health Council released an information brief on ‘alternative payment mechanisms,’ which they said was part of a “larger community conversation around goals for transitioning our system from a volume-based payment model to one based more on value.” A spokesperson said, “Recently, Bermuda’s residents have been... Read more of this article
Health Council Launches Series Of Meetings
“The Bermuda Health Council will be continuing a series of meetings with stakeholders and groups within our communities for the purpose of supporting the improvement of how we deliver care, pay for care, and the results we receive from our health system,” the Health Council said. A spokesperson said, “These series of meetings with diverse... Read more of this article
Discussed & Decision ‘Not To Engage Further’
The Bermuda Health Council Board “discussed the potential conflict of interest of the arrangement in June 2016, which resulted in the decision for Dr. Brathwaite not to engage further due to the potential perceived conflicts with Ms. Moulton’s then employer Lahey International,” the Health Council said today. This follows after a report... Read more of this article
OBA: ‘Removal Of CEO Should Ring Alarm Bells’
[Updated] “The removal of Tawanna Wedderburn as the CEO of the Bermuda Health Council should ring alarm bells,” Shadow Minister of Health Patricia Gordon-Pamplin said, adding that “this is a highly respected professional who was removed from her job without any public explanation.” Background In December of last year, the Bermuda... Read more of this article
Lawyer: Former CEO ‘Was Terminated Lawfully’
“The former CEO’s employment was terminated lawfully by the Council,” a lawyer acting for the Bermuda Health Council said today, adding that “the Council is prepared to robustly defend any legal proceedings that the former CEO may wish to bring in relation to the separation process.” In December of last year, the Bermuda Health... Read more of this article
Husband Of Former BHEC CEO Speaks Out
Livingston Wedderburn — the husband of former Bermuda Health Council CEO Tawanna Wedderburn — has spoken out, alleging that his wife was “mercilessly fired as the CEO”. In December of last year, the Bermuda Health Council confirmed the “separation of employment” between the Council and its former CEO Tawanna Wedderburn. The... Read more of this article
‘Tackle Root Cause Of Our Healthcare Costs’
“Until Government is prepared to make the hard decisions and control the overutilisation of some health services, the amount spent on healthcare will continue to rise,” Shadow Health Minister Pat Gordon-Pamplin said in response to the BHeC 2018 National Health Accounts Report. The report said, “As has been the general year-over-year... Read more of this article
BHeC Release National Health Accounts Report
The Bermuda Health Council has published the 2018 National Health Accounts Report which details health system costs for the fiscal year ending 31st March 2017. “These reports identify trends in the health system finance and expenditure and examine how Bermuda’s health system compares to that of other jurisdictions,” BHEC said. “These... Read more of this article
