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Leading Country with Workplace Initiatives
Friday, 31 August 2007, 1:33 pm | Southern Cross
Southern Cross Healthcare has won the National EEO Trust Work & Life Awards, presented last night. “As a leader in the healthcare industry we wanted to demonstrate that we ‘walk the talk’ when it comes to wellness in the workplace,” said Southern ... More >>
Hospitals Investment Reflects Demand For Private
Monday, 6 August 2007, 12:38 am | Southern Cross
New Zealand’s largest network of private surgical hospitals, Southern Cross Hospitals, has added new facilities and state-of-the-art surgical technology as part of a multi-million dollar nationwide investment programme focused on meeting increasing demand for private ... More >>
Growing Demand for Health and Wellness Services
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 10:42 am | Southern Cross
New Zealand’s largest health insurer, Southern Cross Medical Care Society, and leading corporate wellness provider, Synergy Health, this week confirmed a long-term contract to meet the fast-growing demand and recognition of the value of preventative ... More >>
Private Care Could Unlock Value From Health Budget
Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 2:57 pm | Southern Cross
Increased use of private hospital capacity for publicly-funded operations would see New Zealanders get improved access to elective surgery from the expected additional health funding in Thursday’s Budget, Southern Cross Healthcare Group Chief Executive, ... More >>
Southern Cross Maintains A+ Credit Rating
Monday, 5 March 2007, 3:53 pm | Southern Cross
Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s has reaffirmed Southern Cross Medical Care Society’s rating of (A+/stable/--), saying the rating reflects its leading market position, robust capitalisation and strong management. More >>
Demand Still Growing For Private Health Insurance
Monday, 15 January 2007, 11:57 am | Southern Cross
Demand for private health insurance continues to grow with New Zealand’s largest provider, Southern Cross Medical Care Society saying today its membership growth in the past six months has outstripped its full membership growth in the previous ... More >>
Growth Outstrips Previous Year
Friday, 15 December 2006, 10:32 am | Southern Cross
Growth trends in health insurance reported by the Health Funds Association of New Zealand have been especially strong within New Zealand’s largest provider, Southern Cross Medical Care Society, which said today that its July to November membership ... More >>
Health check-up for Christmas?
Thursday, 14 December 2006, 3:09 pm | Southern Cross
Up to 195,000 kiwis should be planning a visit to their doctor, according to the results of New Zealand’s biggest ever online health test. More >>
Modest Increase to Southern Cross Reserves
Tuesday, 12 September 2006, 4:33 pm | Southern Cross
The Southern Cross Medical Care Society is in a healthy financial position to the year ended 30 June 2006, with reserves now standing at $280.2 million. Appropriate solvency standards for the organisation have been maintained, ensuring the not-for-profit ... More >>
Southern Cross helps uncover issues of ageing
Tuesday, 5 September 2006, 12:56 am | Southern Cross
While in her twenties, Dr Patricia Moore packed her bags and went off to explore America and Canada—disguised as an eighty year old. What she found was a hostile world, one she has spent her professional career trying to change for the better. More >>
Baby Boomers Focused on Lifestyle Not Finances
Monday, 4 September 2006, 12:48 am | Southern Cross
New Zealand’s baby boomers are more worried about looking good and living full social lives as they grow old than about their finances, according to a survey of Southern Cross members aged over 55. When asked about their attitudes towards ageing, ... More >>
External Medical Advisory Group Appointed
Monday, 28 August 2006, 4:27 pm | Southern Cross
Nine health professionals have been appointed as the first members of Southern Cross Medical Care Society’s new External Medical Advisory Group. The group will be consulted about trends in the health sector, how to encourage quality and evidence-based healthcare, ... More >>
Southern Cross Appoints New Director
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 2:16 pm | Southern Cross
The Southern Cross Medical Care Society Board has appointed prominent Director Carole Durbin to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Bruce Davidson. Carole Durbin is the current chair of electricity generator and retailer Mighty River Power and ... More >>
Hit On Lab Test Costs For Private Patients
Monday, 19 June 2006, 9:48 am | Southern Cross
Private patients are going to be hit twice by the move by Capital & Coast and Hutt Valley DHBs to charge them for laboratory tests, says Southern Cross Healthcare Group Chief Executive, Dr Ian McPherson. More >>
Insurer Refutes Anderton Claims
Saturday, 13 May 2006, 2:37 pm | Southern Cross
The Southern Cross Medical Care Society has refuted claims by Progressive Party Leader, Jim Anderton, that its recently announced 6.5% increase in base rate premiums had “reversed insurance principles.” More >>
Southern Cross Limits Premium Increases
Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 11:38 am | Southern Cross
The rising cost of healthcare and growing demand for treatment from an aging population are reflected in the Southern Cross Medical Care Society’s need to increase its base-rate premiums by an average 6.5% for the 2006/2007 financial year. More >>
Public-Private Collaboration for Waiting Lists
Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 10:49 am | Southern Cross
Southern Cross Healthcare says private healthcare providers can better collaborate with the public sector to reduce waiting lists for elective surgery. The private healthcare sector already performs more than twice as many elective surgeries than ... More >>
Co-Operation Needed For Problematic NZ Health Care
Monday, 10 April 2006, 10:25 am | Southern Cross
Southern Cross is advocating more co-operation between public and private health care sectors to combat rising pressures on the funding and delivery of health care services in New Zealand. More >>
Absenteeism, Injury And Illness Costs Businesses
Wednesday, 4 January 2006, 12:18 am | Southern Cross
More than half of New Zealand’s annual corporate business spend of $1.75 billion on health care is lost through absenteeism or loss of work time through illness and injury where staff could be brought back into the workforce sooner. More >>
Pioneering Healthy Rewards For Staff
Monday, 5 December 2005, 6:12 pm | Southern Cross
Big 4 Professional services firm Deloitte has broken new ground in employee benefits, taking advantage of New Zealand's first dedicated health management account, Activa, to pick up the tab for their senior employees everyday healthcare costs. More >>
