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HIP & FutureCare Online Payments Now Available
Policyholders of HIP and FutureCare are now able to pay their premiums online through Butterfield Online Banking, Health Minister Zane DeSilva said on Monday [June 25]. This announcement brings the available premium payment methods for HIP and FutureCare to six. Minister DeSilva said, “Today I am pleased to announce, on behalf of the Health Insurance... Read more of this article
Health Minister On ‘Health Reform Strategy’
“Despite our extensive consultation efforts during the development of the NHP, there remain some misconceptions of what the Plan is and why it is needed,” Health Minister Zane DeSilva told the House of Assembly yesterday [June 15]. “The National Health Plan is a health reform strategy. It is a roadmap to change our health system so... Read more of this article
Changes Made: Insurance Coverage For Inmates
Attorney General Kim Wilson said that instead of insuring every inmate with HIP, approximately 40 inmates who have qualified for insurance are insured and the medical costs for the remaining inmates will be paid on a case-by-case basis. “The DOC has recently changed the Insurance coverage for inmates,”said Minister Wilson speaking in the... Read more of this article
Hiscox: Small Business Stress Factors
Small businesses, the lifeblood of the US economy, have literally carried the stresses and strains of the world on their backs since the beginning of the recession, according to a new small business survey from Bermuda-based Hiscox, the first and only insurer to enable small businesses to purchase business insurance direct and online in real-time. Three... Read more of this article
Healthcare Reform Subject Of XL Forum
Healthcare reform, one of the hottest topics in Bermuda and definitely this week in the US where the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Obama administration’s landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, dominated the agenda at a forum held recently by XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd. During... Read more of this article
Health Care Providers Object To Legislation
The Bermuda Medical Society in collaboration with Bermuda Dental Association released a statement in reference to the new ‘upfront payments’ legislation, saying the Minister claims the Bill has full support from health care providers, but they have emails from more than 30 health care providers who, while supporting the elimination of upfront payments,... Read more of this article
Fifty-One Group Health Plans Are Cancelled
The Health Department is cancelling 51 employer groups due to non-payment of premiums, Government announced this morning [Mar.26]. Speaking at a briefing on the new premiums being introduced for Government’s Health Insurance Plan [HIP] and the FutureCare programme for seniors, Health Minister Zane DeSilva said the group policies are being cancelled... Read more of this article
Upcoming: Argus Healthy Living Expo
The Argus Group today [Mar.22] announces that it has redesigned its annual health event, formally known as the Argus Health Fair, as the Argus Healthy Living Expo, in order to build on the success of recent years and enhance its relevance and accessibility to a wider cross-section of the community. For the first time, the event will take place at the... Read more of this article
Upfront Payment Legislation Approved By MPs
Last night [Mar.19] legislation banning upfront payment for healthcare service providers was passed in the House of Assembly. Health Minister Zane DeSilva said, “The regulations abolishing upfront payments come into operation on the 1st of August this year. The legislation encourages the health system to move to electronic submission of claims,... Read more of this article
Dr Allington & Ministry On Upfront Payments
Dr. Chris Allington said if the Government’s health insurance legislation passes in its current form it will “impose unrealistic compliance deadlines on all parties,” while the Ministry of Health defended the proposals about upfront medical payments saying the Ministry is “concerned that patients’ access to care is being unduly... Read more of this article
Health Ministry & OBA On FutureCare
One Bermuda Alliance Shadow Minister for Seniors Louise Jackson said she “read with a sense of dismay the confirmation, issued by the Government’s Health Insurance Department late last week, that seniors who fall behind with their payment of insurance premiums are cut off from receiving benefits, including prescription medicines.” “And... Read more of this article
Health Minister On FutureCare
Speaking on Friday in the House of Assembly, Minister of Health Zane DeSilva said that “Government was transparent in how it developed and rolled out FutureCare.” “On 8th December, 2011, the Health Insurance Department issued a detailed press statement on FutureCare co-payments for local specialist care, in which the Director of the... Read more of this article
