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26 June 2008
Health Funds Association Cover
Stories Health Insurance
News - June 2008
In this issue: Budget reaction;
Health insurance coverage up;
Insurers meet solvency standard;
Healthier workers means
healthier bottom line for
employers.
more
25 June 2008
Health insurers meet solvency
standard
Health insurers today published
details of their solvency
positions under the Solvency
Standard adopted last year.
more
13 June 2008
Patients health and wallets
will suffer from lab test scheme
Patients will suffer as a result
of the decision by the Otago and
Southland District Health Boards
to stop paying for laboratory
tests ordered by private
specialists, the Health Funds
Association says.
more
19 May 2008
Private elective surgery
contribution needs recognition
The Government could do better
with the growing elective
surgery need if it recognised
the valuable contribution of the
private sector, says the Health
Funds Association of New
Zealand (HFANZ).
more
9 May 2008
Hospital strikes, uncertainty
contribute to private sector
growth
The number of New Zealanders
covered by health insurance rose
by 18,800 to a record 1.388
million in the year to the end
of March, according to
statistics released today by the
Health Funds Association of New
Zealand (HFANZ).
more
17 April 2008
Lab test scheme 'failed exercise
in cost-shifting'
Today's
release of the long-awaited
evaluation of patient charges
for laboratory testing in
Wellington shows the experiment
to be a failed exercise in
cost-shifting, according to the
Health Funds Association.
more
16 April 2008
Health industry supports call to
scrap FBT
The health industry says 250,000
more New Zealanders could
benefit from health insurance
cover if a Government advisory
group's recommendation to
abolish fringe benefit tax (FBT)
is adopted.
more
8 April 2008
Healthy workers mean healthier
bottom line
Employers could find it easier
to attract workers to meet the
skills shortage in many
industries if they added health
benefits to employment packages,
according to Health Funds
Association executive director
Roger Styles.
more
17 March 2008
Cover Stories - our quarterly
newsletter
Keeping you up to date with
trends and issues in the health
sector
March 2008 Issue
New updated "Making
Sense of Health Insurance"
brochures now available.
Our brochures contain all you
need to know about private
health insurance. Place
your order
here
10 March 2008
Submission on Financial Service
Providers (Registration and
Dispute Resolution) Bill
HFANZ supports the objectives of
the Bill and the proposed
requirement for registration of
financial service providers.
go to submission
3 March 2008
Delay of lab tests may be
deliberate
South Island District Health
Boards are to decide the fate of
controversial laboratory test
funding proposals without being
allowed to see an evaluation of
trials conducted in Wellington
last year.
More
18
February 2007
Latest stats show big jump in
Health Insurance coverage
The
number of New Zealanders covered
by health insurance jumped by
17,000 in 2007, to reach 1.387
million people.
More
10
November 2007
HFANZ urges South Island DHBs to
reject the proposed withdrawal
of payments for privately
referred laboratory tests. more
10 November 2007
Submission on proposal to
withdraw DHB funding for
privately referred laboratory
testing.
Our submission is based on our
analysis of the Wellington
experience.
go to submission
26
October 2007
Health Insurance Coverage up,
Claims top $600 million
More New Zealanders taking out
health insurance, together with
higher claims costs, have pushed
total annual health insurance
claims over the $600 million
mark for the first time.
more
21 August
2007
New Faces At The Top
August has been a month of
change for HFANZ with Claire
Austin leaving to move across
the ditch and Roger Styles being
appointed as her successor?.
 Steve Boomert Chief Executive
Officer Tower Health & Life
Auckland was elected President
at our recent executive meeting.
Steve takes over from
Dermot Martin CEO of Union
Medical Benefits Society (Unimed) Christchurch.
Having held the position since
2000, Dermot decided it was time
to hand the reins over.
Our sincere thanks to Dermot for his
commitment and work in
overseeing the Association and
we look forward to Steve adding
his experience and expertise to this position.
more
13
August 2007
 New
Executive Director Appointed
Roger Styles has been appointed
Executive Director at HFANZ.
Roger is not new to us as for
the past 15 months he has been
2IC to Claire Austin who leaves
us at the end of this month.
Congratulations Roger. The
Executive Committee look forward
to your continued great work for
HFANZ members.
10 August 2007
Health Insurance Statistics as
at 30 June 2007
This is a quarterly supplement
providing statistical
information for the health
insurance industry in New
Zealand. It contains
data on the most recent quarter
ended 30 June 2007.
Open stats
10 August 2007
News Release - Older Persons
Drive Health Insurance Growth
A surge in the number of people
aged 60 and over with health
insurance is behind official
figures released today showing
continued growth in voluntary
health insurance coverage in New
Zealand.
More
5 July
2007
Warning on Patient Charges for
Lab Tests
Health Funds Association debunks
myths on costs for labs tests.
Click here for article
3 July 2007
 Executive Director resigns
Claire Austin is taking
up a new challenge - Chief
Executive of the Rural Workforce
Agency of Victoria, Melbourne,
Australia.
Claire leaves HFANZ on the 31st
August 2007.
HFANZ is appreciative of all the
great work Claire has done for
the Association and wishes
her the very best in her new
position.
3 & 4 May 2007
Great Expectations -
Health Leaders Conference
HFANZ organised this conference
to spark debate between key
players and stakeholders
on public and private
sectors working together.
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