private health care Archives

18 September 2023

MOH Places 40% Cap On Foreign Nurses In Private Health Care Facilities

Dr Zaliha Mustafa says foreign trained nurses are capped at 40% in private health care facilities, following the 1-year exemption of post basic qualification. Hiring of foreign nurses must follow KDN conditions, including salary scale and contract period.

15 September 2023

Opinion

Optimising Public-Private Partnership In NCD Care Provision

By nurturing strong partnerships between the public and private health care sectors, we can envision a health care system that provides equitable care regardless of financial status, ensuring quality health care for all.

15 September 2023

Malaysia

MOH Seeking To Decant Patients To Private Hospitals For Diagnostics: Minister’s Advisor

Health Minister's advisor Dr Kelvin Yii says MOH is negotiating with private hospitals to decant public patients for diagnostics & imaging because the backlog is there, rather than treatment. "We have to admit that the cost of health care is increasing."

6 September 2023

Malaysia

APHM Wants Regulatory Body Governing Private Health Financing

APHM says MOH is "aggressively" exploring a public-private partnership model, which entails introducing private financing. APHM wants a regulatory body to govern reimbursement by private payors, as attempts to reduce costs may affect health care coverage.

7 August 2023

Letter

Six Years On, Middlemen In Private Health Care Remain Unregulated – MMA

MMA says third-party administrators (TPAs) remain unregulated. A number of TPAs charge private GP clinics registration fees of up to RM5,000 to be appointed as panel clinics. TPAs also practice fee-splitting, which is illegal in medical practice.

19 October 2022

Letter

Malaysia’s Health Agenda: Complex But Crucial – Nadiah Wan

Singapore and Indonesia are allowing foreign health care labour. Unless global and structural trends are reversed, Malaysia must start planning for the liberalisation of our health care labour market.

Tag: private health care

MOH Places 40% Cap On Foreign Nurses In Private Health Care Facilities

Optimising Public-Private Partnership In NCD Care Provision

MOH Seeking To Decant Patients To Private Hospitals For Diagnostics: Minister’s Advisor

APHM Wants Regulatory Body Governing Private Health Financing

Six Years On, Middlemen In Private Health Care Remain Unregulated – MMA

Malaysia’s Health Agenda: Complex But Crucial – Nadiah Wan

Landmark UN Report Highlights Malaysia’s Mandatory Death Penalty Abolition For Drug Offences

At Selayang Hospital’s Understaffed Emergency Department, Doctors Allege Abuse By Patients’ Relatives

MMA Demands Zero Tolerance For Health Worker Abuse

The Suffering Family Medical Practitioner — Dr Sng Kim Hock