Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) Archives

19 December 2025

Malaysia

Restoring Progressive BIW Allowance Costs RM4.2m Annually: MMA

MMA says reinstating the old BIW allowance structure (% of salary) for doctors posted to Sabah, Sarawak, Labuan costs RM4.2 million annually. In Nov 2024, KPPA Wan Ahmad Dahlan said the BIW allowance isn't a “right”, but a facility offered as appreciation.

11 December 2025

Letter

Act On Contract Pharmacy Officers’ Reserve Status — MMA

MMA calls for swift and decisive action to resolve the pharmacy officers' reserve status issue, which will ensure that all health care professionals feel valued and supported.

28 October 2025

Malaysia

MMA Wants MMC Ethical Advisory On Insurers Blacklisting Doctors, Interference In Medicine

MMA urges the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) to issue a new ethical advisory to address ITO/TPA blacklisting of doctors and interference in clinical care. Ethical exclusion from practice must remain under MMC's jurisdiction, not outsourced to companies.

16 October 2025

Letter

Vaccination Is A Medical Procedure, Not A Retail Service — MMA

The MMA reiterates that commercial interest must never supersede patient safety and quality of care. Vaccination is not a transaction — it is a clinical act that carries accountability, responsibility, and duty of care.

10 October 2025

Malaysia

Maintaining RM10 GP Fee Floor Risks TPAs Undercutting Doctors: MMA

Despite a GP consultation fee ceiling increase to RM80, MMA expresses deep disappointment with the government retaining the RM10 floor rate, saying this low floor risks undercutting by TPAs who have been paying doctors below RM35. MMA wants RM50 minimum.

6 October 2025

Malaysia

Experience Public Health Care Without VIP Status, MMA Tells MPs

In justifying the need to raise doctors' on-call allowance to RM25/hour, MMA tells MPs and ministers to experience the overworked, underfunded, and understaffed public health care system like ordinary citizens without using their fast-track VIP privileges.

2 October 2025

Malaysia

TPA’s Local Anaesthesia-First Policy Breaches Medical Ethics: MMA

MMA denounces a TPA's directive to panel hospitals on the choice of anaesthesia (LA over GA) and the classification of certain procedures as daycare/inpatient as interference in clinical autonomy and a breach of medical ethics. MMA demands action from MOH.

26 September 2025

Malaysia

Generic-Only Policies In Private Health Care Undermine Patient Rights: MMA

MMA says blanket generic-only mandates by TPAs for private health care providers undermine professional ethics and patient rights. Requiring doctors to prescribe only by active ingredient also shifts control over the medicine choice to the corporate payer.

15 July 2025

Malaysia

MMA Demands Transparency On Rakan KKM Amid Backlash

MMA demands an immediate explanation about Rakan KKM amid the lack of details on its operational model, especially if recruitment efforts have already begun. "A key concern is whether the initiative may inadvertently create inequities in access to care."

19 June 2025

Malaysia

SST Punishes GP Clinics, Foreign Patients Mostly 3D Workers: MMA

Amid stagnant GP consultation fees, 6% SST is imposed on private health care for foreigners. MMA says compliance cost exceeds SST collected. Foreign patients visiting GP clinics are mostly low-wage workers in 3D jobs. "This isn't reform; it's regression."

Tag: Malaysian Medical Association (MMA)

Restoring Progressive BIW Allowance Costs RM4.2m Annually: MMA

Act On Contract Pharmacy Officers’ Reserve Status — MMA

MMA Wants MMC Ethical Advisory On Insurers Blacklisting Doctors, Interference In Medicine

Vaccination Is A Medical Procedure, Not A Retail Service — MMA

Experience Public Health Care Without VIP Status, MMA Tells MPs

TPA’s Local Anaesthesia-First Policy Breaches Medical Ethics: MMA

Generic-Only Policies In Private Health Care Undermine Patient Rights: MMA

MMA Demands Transparency On Rakan KKM Amid Backlash

SST Punishes GP Clinics, Foreign Patients Mostly 3D Workers: MMA

Ex-UMMC Radiographer Plans To Sue, Seeks Other Staff With Cancer, Thyroid Problems

Second Red-Bellied Piranha Caught In Klau River: Group

Tribunal Orders Ex-Hospital Director To Pay RM10,000 For Sexual Harassment

Philip Morris Visits Perlis Mufti, Touts ‘Safer’ Cigarettes

Are We Still Practising Family Medicine? — Concerned Specialist