primary care Archives

5 August 2025

Malaysia

IHH CEO Says Malaysia Too Hospital-Centric, Touts Primary Care

IHH Healthcare's group CEO says Malaysia's health care system is "hospital-heavy", touting a shift to primary care and community services. In Singapore and HK, which prohibit building new private hospitals, IHH operates ambulatory and primary care centres.

30 June 2025

Malaysia

Doctors, Pharmacists’ Groups Demand SST Exemption For Private Primary Care

Six groups representing doctors, community pharmacists, and physiotherapists have called for the private primary care sector to be exempt from SST on commercial property rentals and on private health care services provided to foreign workers.

25 June 2025

Malaysia

‘We Spend The Most When It’s Too Late’: MMA Urges Shift To Primary Care

MMA president-elect Dr R. Arasu says Malaysia overspends on costly late-stage care, while underfunding GPs who handle most outpatient cases. He urges early investment in primary care, calling GPs key to prevention, health education, and continuity of care.

5 June 2025

Letter

Approve Long Overdue GP Consultation Fee Increase — MMA

The revision of GP consultation fees is not about profit, but about ensuring the survival of primary care, which is the most cost-effective arm of our health system, says the MMA.

7 March 2025

Letter

Reform Private Health Care Now — Malaysian Medical Association

MMA calls for reforms in private health care, citing issues like GP fees, TPAs, private specialists being forced to reduce fees, and delays in processing health insurance claims. DRG may not be a silver bullet solution either for private health care costs.

6 March 2025

Malaysia

Doctors’ Group Demands GP Fee ‘Correction’ To RM50 to RM150

FPMPAM demands an over 300% increase to private GPs' consultation fees to RM50-RM150 from the current RM10-RM35, describing this as a "long-overdue correction" and not a "sudden price hike". A "fair" RM50-RM150 fee range is in line with medical inflation.

6 September 2024

Malaysia

Family Medicine, Public Health Medicine Specialists Pillar Of Primary Care

At the Family Medicine Scientific Conference 2024 in JB, the Malaysian Family Medicine Specialists’ Association describes FMS and public health medicine specialists as the foundation of primary care. Malaysian FMS have also made their mark internationally.

5 August 2024

Malaysia

Minister: RM1.5 Million Disputed GP Claims From Madani Medical Scheme

Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad says some RM1.5 million in disputed claims from private GPs under the Madani Medical Scheme is being withheld or recovered from payment. Further actions being considered include legal proceedings and filing reports with MMC.

2 August 2024

Malaysia

Doctor Groups Demand Audit On ProtectHealth, After GPs Defraud Madani Medical Scheme

FPMPAM and MPCAM want a full audit of the Madani Medical Scheme that should include ProtectHealth, not just private GPs, after a ProtectHealth review found fraud committed by panel GPs. FPMPAM says ProtectHealth’s audit shows it can't manage moral hazards.

2 August 2024

Malaysia

ProtectHealth Reveals GP Fraud In Madani Medical Scheme

ProtectHealth has found fraud committed by private GPs under the Madani Medical Scheme, including false claims, using up beneficiaries' allocations despite their not being sick, selling meds without doctor consults etc. 2 GPs were terminated, 44 suspended.

Tag: primary care

IHH CEO Says Malaysia Too Hospital-Centric, Touts Primary Care

Doctors, Pharmacists’ Groups Demand SST Exemption For Private Primary Care

‘We Spend The Most When It’s Too Late’: MMA Urges Shift To Primary Care

Approve Long Overdue GP Consultation Fee Increase — MMA

Doctors’ Group Demands GP Fee ‘Correction’ To RM50 to RM150

Family Medicine, Public Health Medicine Specialists Pillar Of Primary Care

Minister: RM1.5 Million Disputed GP Claims From Madani Medical Scheme

Doctor Groups Demand Audit On ProtectHealth, After GPs Defraud Madani Medical Scheme

ProtectHealth Reveals GP Fraud In Madani Medical Scheme

Pork Importers Back Pig Farming Ban In Selangor

Time To Phase Out Colonial-Era PTD Scheme From Malaysia’s Civil Service

Sultan Sharafuddin Wants Total Pig Farming Ban In Selangor

Half Of EPF Members Have Under RM50,000, KWAP Warns Of ‘Optimism Bias’

Critical Manpower Shortage, Unsafe Working Conditions At HTAR Klang — Medical Officer