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SINGAPORE - All Integrated Shield Plan (IP) insurers have been encouraged by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to grow the size of their panels, make their panel selection criteria more transparent and enhance the process of pre-authorising hospitalisation or treatments to minimise the risk of runaway bill sizes, Senior Minister of State for Health Koh Poh Koon said in Parliament yesterday.
While policyholder benefits may differ depending on whether a patient sees a panel doctor or a non-panel doctor who is pre-authorised, they should not prohibit patients from seeing non-panel doctors or influence patient choices in an undesirable way, said Dr Koh.
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