Private Healthcare Facilities & Services Act 1998 (Act 586) Archives

20 January 2026

Malaysia

Review Specialist Doctors’ Fees, Exclude Professional Fees From DRG And Reset: Groups

ASPMP, MUA, and MPA demand an exclusion of doctors' professional fees from DRG and the Reset strategy. The specialist, urology, and paediatric groups want a review of specialists' consultation/ procedure fees in hospitals that have stagnated since 2013.

8 December 2025

Malaysia

MOH Mulls Broadening Regulatory Scope Over Private Hospital Charges

MOH is studying Act 586 amendments to regulate private hospital charges beyond consultation and procedure fees. Deputy Minister Lukanisman urges private hospitals to show "a little empathy" by initiating emergency treatment if insurers delay GL approval.

25 November 2025

Malaysia

Stop Using Previous MOH Letters To Justify Denials, Ministry Tells Insurers, MCOs

MOH's medical practice division orders ITOs and MCOs/TPAs to halt their practice of using previous MOH letters as general policy to justify denials of health insurance claims, saying those opinions were limited and specific to the individual case referred.

18 November 2025

Malaysia

FPMPAM Demands MOH, MyCC, Bank Negara Probes Against TPA ‘Abuses’

FPMPAM wants MOH, MyCC, and Bank Negara to probe alleged TPA abuses like double charging, foreign-linked ownership, and delayed payments. The group says two decades of inaction have hurt GPs, eroded clinical autonomy, and weakened primary care.

5 November 2025

Malaysia

TPA Limits Doctor Visits To One Daily For Hospital Admission

A TPA limits physician visits to one per day for surgical/non-surgical admission. A Penang paediatrician says limiting doctor reviews threatens clinical autonomy and patient safety, as a patient who appears stable in the morning may deteriorate by evening.

15 October 2025

Opinion

Form Private Health Care Commission To Regulate Health Care Charges, Insurance Premiums

The Galen Centre demands the formation of a Private Health Care Commission to regulate private health care charges and health insurance premiums, acting as an independent regulator with a clear consumer protection mandate to discipline the private market.

7 October 2025

Malaysia

Health DG Warns Insurers Against Illegal Interference With Clinical Decisions

In an unprecedented warning, the Health DG tells insurers and TPAs that interfering with a medical practitioner’s clinical authority isn't only unacceptable, but may breach Act 586. Setting reimbursement on predetermined clinical choices may be illegal.

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.

31 July 2025

Malaysia

Rakan KKM May Drive Up Household Costs While Generating Limited Revenue: Economist

Economist Amjad Rabi says Rakan KKM may burden ordinary Malaysians, including the "very poor" who will desperately pay for faster care for their aged parents, amid weak social safety nets and high old-age poverty. Rakan KKM may increase household costs.

31 July 2025

Malaysia

Government Slapped With Second Lawsuit Over Drug Price Display

The government faces another lawsuit over drug price display, with a judicial review bid by doctors' group PMPASKL and Medipulse Healthcare Sdn Bhd. Applicants argue that Act 723 doesn't apply to medicines regulated in a "Healthcare Regulatory Regime".

Tag: Private Healthcare Facilities & Services Act 1998 (Act 586)

MOH Mulls Broadening Regulatory Scope Over Private Hospital Charges

Stop Using Previous MOH Letters To Justify Denials, Ministry Tells Insurers, MCOs

FPMPAM Demands MOH, MyCC, Bank Negara Probes Against TPA ‘Abuses’

TPA Limits Doctor Visits To One Daily For Hospital Admission

Form Private Health Care Commission To Regulate Health Care Charges, Insurance Premiums

Health DG Warns Insurers Against Illegal Interference With Clinical Decisions

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

Rakan KKM May Drive Up Household Costs While Generating Limited Revenue: Economist

Government Slapped With Second Lawsuit Over Drug Price Display

Bleak Future For Malaysia’s Health Assurance Industry — Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan

Nutritionists: Follow Malaysia’s Scientific Food Pyramid, Not US Inverted Pyramid

CodeBlue’s View: Doctors Must Follow The Law. Period.

Transfer Allowance Opened To Contract Doctors, Pharmacists, Dentists With 2025 Permanent Appointments: Minister

Digital Ministry Opens RM87m Tender For MySejahtera App Maintenance Over Three Years