private health care Archives

25 February 2026

Letter

Analysing The Insurance Industry Publication On Price Ranges For Common Private Health Care Services — Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan

Premium stability remains the most critical outcome for policyholders. Sustained medical inflation directly translates into higher premiums and reduced affordability.

13 February 2026

Letter

Resolving Private Hospital Care And Cost Disputes Through University Cum Court Annexed Arbitration — Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan

The university-based arbitration model represents an innovative response to disputes in health care treatment and financing. It offers a more balanced and humane alternative to conventional litigation.

6 February 2026

Malaysia

Asia OneHealthcare Partners With MediExpress To Strengthen Access And Affordability

Through the collaboration, MediExpress members are expected to benefit from clearer care pathways and more streamlined administrative processes across participating hospitals, contributing to a more seamless and coordinated patient experience.

22 January 2026

Malaysia

Galen Centre Moots Partial Government Subsidies For Short-Term Private Health Insurance

The Galen Centre proposes partial government subsidies for seniors/ unemployed to buy short-term health insurance for a 3-year period on a co-pay basis. Two other analysts, Dr Rafick Khan and Chua Hong Teck, urge transparency mandates for ITOs, hospitals.

19 January 2026

Malaysia

Malaysia’s Private Health Care Spending To Surpass Public ‘Soonest’: Dzulkefly

Dr Dzul says he expects Malaysia's private health care spending to surpass public spending soon due to private investments and public fiscal constraints. In 2023, total health expenditure was 53% public, 47% private. Household OOP: 76% of private spending.

12 January 2026

Letter

Insurance ‘Quotas’ Prioritising Outpatient Over Inpatient Care May Hurt Patients — Kok Mun Sum

Insurers' directives to raise the quota of outpatients over inpatients for certain illnesses, including dengue, may subtly undermine medical judgement. Dengue can worsen rapidly. When insurers apply pressure to reduce admissions, the safety margin narrows.

2 January 2026

Malaysia

APHM Wants Amnesty For Doctors Facing Delayed APCs

The Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia has requested the Malaysian Medical Council to grant amnesty to doctors affected by a delay in 2026 APC approvals to allow them to continue practising medicine while awaiting issuance of their certificates.

2 January 2026

Malaysia

Tens Of Thousands Of Doctors Yet To Receive 2026 APC, Says MMA

MMA says tens of thousands of doctors have yet to receive their 2026 APC due to admin backlog at the Malaysian Medical Council. MMA says APC delays carry serious legal implications, affect the livelihoods of private doctors, and disrupt continuity of care.

12 December 2025

Malaysia

CodeBlue’s Top 10 Most Read Stories Of 2025

CodeBlue's top 10 most read stories of 2025: Bank Negara's Reset, UMMC's fee hike, bad Malaysian diets, WBB, health insurance and private hospital charges, housemen, MOH's Raya event, ETAP and GP fee raises, and specialists in the public/private sectors.

10 December 2025

Letter

Save The Ministry Of Health Before It’s Too Late — Dr Sng Kim Hock

Dr Sng Kim Hock says the Ministry of Health must be saved before it's too late, urging MOH, Treasury, and MPs to "wake up to this reality of a sinking institution", instead of choking private health care and insurance with cost controls like Reset and DRG.

Tag: private health care

Analysing The Insurance Industry Publication On Price Ranges For Common Private Health Care Services — Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan

Resolving Private Hospital Care And Cost Disputes Through University Cum Court Annexed Arbitration — Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan

Asia OneHealthcare Partners With MediExpress To Strengthen Access And Affordability

Galen Centre Moots Partial Government Subsidies For Short-Term Private Health Insurance

Malaysia’s Private Health Care Spending To Surpass Public ‘Soonest’: Dzulkefly

Insurance ‘Quotas’ Prioritising Outpatient Over Inpatient Care May Hurt Patients — Kok Mun Sum

APHM Wants Amnesty For Doctors Facing Delayed APCs

Tens Of Thousands Of Doctors Yet To Receive 2026 APC, Says MMA

CodeBlue’s Top 10 Most Read Stories Of 2025

Specialist Gets Warning Letter After Raising Miri Hospital’s Doctor Shortage

Hire Foreign Housemen, Medical Officers Now: Galen Centre

Two Doctors, Hospital Awarded RM1m Costs In Dismissal Of Negligence Suit Over Neonatal Case

Worsening Waiting Times At Government Hospitals’ Medical Outpatient Clinics — Physician

Medical Officer Duties, Service Load Strain FMS Gazettement Training — Government Doctor