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Patients’ health and wallets will suffer
Saturday, 14 June 2008, 1:20 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
Patients will suffer as a result of the decision by the Otago and Southland District Health Boards to stop paying for laboratory tests ordered by private specialists, the Health Funds Association says. More >>
Private elective contribution needs recognition
Monday, 19 May 2008, 12:02 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
The Government could do better with the growing elective surgery need if it recognised the valuable contribution of the private sector, says the Health Funds Association of New Zealand (HFANZ). More >>
Uncertainty contributes to private sector growth
Thursday, 8 May 2008, 10:33 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
The number of New Zealanders covered by health insurance rose by 18,800 to a record 1.388 million in the year to the end of March, according to statistics released today by the Health Funds Association of New Zealand (HFANZ). More >>
Lab test scheme ‘failed exercise in cost-shifting’
Friday, 18 April 2008, 3:04 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
Today’s release of the long-awaited evaluation of patient charges for laboratory testing in Wellington shows the experiment to be a failed exercise in cost-shifting, according to the Health Funds Association. More >>
Health industry supports call to scrap FBT
Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 11:25 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
The health industry says 250,000 more New Zealanders could benefit from health insurance cover if a Government advisory group’s recommendation to abolish fringe benefit tax (FBT) is adopted. More >>
Healthy workers mean healthier bottom line - HFANZ
Tuesday, 8 April 2008, 2:52 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
Employers could find it easier to attract workers to meet the skills shortage in many industries if they added health benefits to employment packages, according to Health Funds Association executive director Roger Styles. More >>
Delay of lab test evaluation may be deliberate
Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 9:00 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
South Island District Health Boards are to decide the fate of controversial laboratory test funding proposals without being allowed to see an evaluation of trials conducted in Wellington last year. More >>
Health Insurance coverage up 17,000 in 2007
Monday, 18 February 2008, 5:40 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
The number of New Zealanders covered by health insurance jumped by 17,000 in 2007, to 1.387 million people, according to statistics released today by the Health Funds Association of New Zealand (HFANZ). More >>
Health Insurance Coverage up
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 12:05 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
More New Zealanders taking out health insurance, together with higher claims costs, have pushed total annual health insurance claims over the $600 million mark for the first time. More >>
New President & Executive Director
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 9:18 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
The Health Funds Association of New Zealand (HFANZ) today announced two new appointments at the top. As of today Steve Boomert, CEO of TOWER Health & Life, takes over the reins as President of HFANZ, while Roger Styles has been appointed as the Association’s ... More >>
Older persons drive health insurance growth
Friday, 10 August 2007, 10:20 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
A surge in the number of people aged 60 and over with health insurance is behind official figures released today showing continued growth in voluntary health insurance coverage in New Zealand. More >>
Lab test charges push up Wellington inflation
Wednesday, 16 May 2007, 4:39 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
The controversial patient charging regime for laboratory tests is behind a surge in health inflation in the Wellington area according to the Health Funds Association of New Zealand (HFANZ). More >>
Groundbreaking health forum a first for NZ
Friday, 20 April 2007, 9:54 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
Greater collaboration between public, private and NGO sectors involved in healthcare is the focus of a groundbreaking forum in Wellington in two weeks time. The Health Leaders Conference on 3-4 May is unique – the first time that people from across ... More >>
Surgery cuts drive health insurance jump
Friday, 9 February 2007, 3:12 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
New Zealanders are signing up health insurance policies at the rate of nearly 100 people a day. More >>
Health insurance coverage up
Friday, 15 December 2006, 11:45 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
Thousands more New Zealanders signed up to major medical health insurance in the September quarter according to statistics released by the Health Funds Association of New Zealand (HFANZ). More >>
Health insurance coverage rises, claims paid jump
Thursday, 27 July 2006, 1:21 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
Health insurance statistics released today show the number of New Zealanders covered by health insurance continues to grow, up 1% in the March 2006 quarter to 1.355 million New Zealanders, about 35% of the population. More >>
Concern at ‘blunt’ imposition of health charges
Monday, 19 June 2006, 9:30 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
Hutt Valley District Health Board’s decision to impose extra patient charges on patients with health insurance has drawn criticism from the health industry. More >>
Aging Population Needs Public-Private Cooperation
Thursday, 6 April 2006, 11:04 am | Health Funds Association of NZ
The Health Funds Association of New Zealand Inc. (HFANZ) today called for the public and private health sectors to work together to ensure that New Zealand’s health system is capable of meeting the needs of New Zealanders, now and in future given the demands ... More >>
Cash Injections No Panacea for Public Hospitals
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 3:22 pm | Health Funds Association of NZ
The Health Funds Association of New Zealand Inc. (HFANZ) today welcomed the announcement that additional funding was being made available for hip and knee replacement surgery but said that, like previous cash injections, it would not provide the cure-all for ... More >>
