Tag: private GP clinics

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23 May 2025
Malaysia

Dominoes Keep Falling: Perak GPs To Charge Three New Fees

Perak is the 5th state to jump on the bandwagon of private GPs introducing new patient charges, with a Perak doctors' group recommending 3 new fees (prescription, registration, facility fees), following Sabah, Sarawak, Penang, and potentially Selangor/KL.
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13 May 2025
Malaysia

MOH To Review Placing Drug Price Display Under Act 586

Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad tells doctors, “I hear you loud and clear", announcing that he and MOH's top brass are reviewing doctors' proposal for MOH to take jurisdiction of drug price display by placing it under Act 586 instead of Act 723 under KPDN.
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7 April 2025
Malaysia

Medical Groups Organise Resistance To Drug Price Displays

At a meeting at MMA House last April 5, ten medical groups collectively agreed to fight the drug price display mandate scheduled for May 1. They also oppose the use of Act 723 under KPDN to enforce medicine price displays at private health care facilities.
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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.