With healthcare costs increasing steadily, it's understandable that both the cost of healthcare as well as health insurance are an increasing concern for everyone. One method to manage the costs of health insurance is co-payments; Co-Pay is a mechanism that allows insurance providers to reduce the cost and present a win-win scenario for both insurers and the insured. A health.
Singapore News - People with Integrated Shield Plan (IP) riders will have more doctors to choose from - potentially more than 1,000 specialists in the private sector - while still enjoying an annual payment cap of $3,000. As at the end of May, the seven IP insurers had fewer than 200 to. Read more at www.tnp.sg
With integrated shield plans now requiring a five per cent co-payment, should you opt for treatment from a panel or non-panel doctor? Read this to find out which option to pick before you make a trip to the hospital. Panels for integrated shield plans (IP) have been around for a few years and are therefore not entirely new to the.
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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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) will study whether Integrated Shield Plans can be made fully portable, but this could result in higher premiums, said Senior Minister of State for Health Koh Poh Koon in Parliament on Monday (May 10).
The ministry will look at examples from abroad, he added.
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Integrated Shield Plans offer private insurance coverage on top of MediShield Life, Singapore s national health insurance scheme.
People may also purchase riders that typically cover the deductible and co-payment portion of the medical bill.