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Laboratory services now available under NHI Bahamas
BAHAMIANS and legal residents who have enrolled in NHI Bahamas will now be able to access laboratory services as part of their primary care benefits.
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NHI remains 'between rock and a hard place'
THE Minister of Health yesterday reiterated that the Government is “between a rock and a hard place” over the legality of actions to establish National Health Insurance (NHI).“With NHI we do not have the written report as yet,” Dr Duane Sands said. “
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NHI public insurer deal ‘in coming days’
The contract to manage the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme’s public insurer could be concluded “in the coming days”, its project manager yesterday saying doctors will temporarily be paid directly via the NHI Authority.
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NHI’s 5,000 patient requirement dropped
The Government was yesterday said to have dropped its National Health Insurance (NHI) requirement for private doctors to take on 5,000 patients, although it has yet to address 18 concerns raised by the Medical Association of the Bahamas (MAB).
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Rejection of NHI model ‘curious’ says secretariat
THE recent rejection of the proposed National Health Insurance model by industry stakeholders is “curious” considering the government had consultations and “fruitful discussions” with them about the scheme, NHI Secretariat Permanent Secretary Peter Deveaux-Isaacs said yesterday.
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Minister pledges to seek ‘common ground’ on NHI
The minister of health has pledged to seek “common ground” with Bahamian private doctors who have urged the Government to “hit the pause button” over its proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) reforms.
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NHI legislation released - but no word on funding
THE draft legislation for the government’s proposed National Health Insurance scheme has been released, but officials yesterday were still uncertain on how the scheme would be funded once implemented.
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NHI will not be cancelled - but will change
MINISTER of Health Dr Duane Sands said yesterday the Free National Movement will not cancel National Health Insurance, however, he said, the new administration will take a more “practical and realistic” approach to the plan.
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NHI ‘doomed to fail’ without doctor buy-in
Senior physicians have warned the Government that its National Health Insurance (NHI) initiative is “doomed to fail”, unless it substitutes “domination and dogma” for an approach that permits industry stakeholders to buy in to the scheme.
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Minister: $126m NHI funding ‘doesn’t exist’
National Health Insurance’s (NHI) purported $126 million financing “does not exist”, with the new Government yesterday said to have inherited “the challenge to identify a source of funds” for the scheme.
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Minister overrides system for NHI patient equality
The Minister of Health has been forced to increase the stress on “an already over burdened” public healthcare system to ensure equality for National Health Insurance’s (NHI) 25,000-plus beneficiaries.
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Consultants ‘misrepresent’ $640m NHI financing gap
The Bahamas Insurance Association’s (BIA) chairman last night said accountants had been re-hired to review the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme’s costs, amid accusations the Government’s main consultants have “misrepresented” this burden.
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NHI ‘doomed to fail’ if enrolment is not mandatory
The Government’s proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is “doomed to fail” if it abandons plans to make participation mandatory for all Bahamians and legal residents, a well-known physician said yesterday.
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Inland Revenue's NHI policing role 'too much'
Making the Government’s main tax authority a policing agent for National Health Insurance (NHI) is “too much, too soon”, the Chamber of Commerce’s chairman warned yesterday.Michael Maura told Tribune Business yesterday that using the Department of In
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NHI’s $130m price tag ‘just govt's exposure’
The Minister of Health has confirmed that the much-touted $100m-$130m price tag for National Health Insurance (NHI) only covers “the government’s exposure” to the scheme.
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National Health Insurance scheme still 'operating outside the law'
THE Government was yesterday urged to “go back to the drawing board” on a National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme that is still “operating outside the law”.Tina Cambridge, Generali’s regional director, argued that the newly-created NHI Authority “cann
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Insurers ‘dropped the ball’ on NHI
Super Value’s owner believes the insurance industry “dropped the ball” by not inviting the wider private sector into the National Health Insurance (NHI) discussions earlier, suggesting it could have impacted the scheme like it did Value-Added Tax (VAT).
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Health insurance ‘pro-poor’ in NHI
Medical insurance will become “pro-poor” once the Government launches National Health Insurance’s (NHI) $100 million primary care phase, the scheme’s consultants have forecast.
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Doctors urge: ‘Produce the meat’ on NHI plan
Doctors yesterday said it was impossible to determine whether National Health Insurance’s (NHI) $100 million budget will be sufficient to cover all the medical services proposed for its primary care phase, as payment rates and provider numbers remain unknown.
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FamGuard, partner front-runners for NHI insurer deal
Family Guardian and its international partner, Aetna, were yesterday said to have emerged as the front-runners to land the contract to manage the National Health Insurance’s (NHI) public insurer.
