Article: Private hospital groups /deny claims of overcharging.(News)

Article: Healthcare funders vote to look into new ...
The Star (South Africa);  July 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ...BYLINE: NEESA MOODLEY Durban - More than 90 percent of the audience at the annual conference of the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) yesterday voted for a committee led by the BHF to look into funding questions about expensive new drugs developed ...

Article: Med schemes to back court action.(News)
Pretoria News (South Africa);  January 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Health relating to private hospital tariff increases. The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF), which makes ... cavalier attitude of the private hospital industry has been ... Masobe, has advised private hospital groups that their ...

Article: Hospital costs raise the hackles of health care groups.(News)
Cape Argus (South Africa);  January 25, 2008 ;     523 words ... ... concluded meetings with private hospital groups to discuss ... the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) announced ... action against the private hospital groups. The Council ... ultimatum to the four private hospital groups to supply ...

Article: Private hospital nurses need parity: as we prepare ...
The Lamp;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... workloads were the top issues for private hospital nurses in a comprehensive survey just ... OMITTED] Over 40% of the Union's private hospital membership responded. A strong majority ... strong support for the NSWNA among private hospital members as a vehicle to protect their ...

Article: Private hospital insurance status among a ...
Australian Health Review;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... analysis of all Victorian public and private hospital injury admissions between July 2000 ... numbers of injured patients occupying private hospital beds initially increased, levels ... June 1998 30% of the population had private hospital cover.7 In the 1990s, the public ...

Article: Want a pay increase? ... it's in your hands: many facets of ...
The Lamp;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...With many private hospital union agreements expiring in September ... the three major employers of private hospital nurses in NSW--Ramsay, Healthscope ... Thurlow, EEN, Lake Macquarie Private Hospital 'I think the key issues are the ...

Article: Private hospital pay will improve--with pressure: ...
The Lamp;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... underway with the larger employers and private hospital nurses in facilities across the state ... the three biggest players in the NSW private hospital sector--have indicated their willingness ... constructive position is to be welcomed by private hospital nurses while we are still ...