Media Releases
High Claims Payments Hits Record High of $3.8 billion in 2011
Private Healthcare Australia’s annual survey of ‘high claims’ in 2011, found that private health funds paid 169,825 claims where the benefit payment for the episode… Read more
Public and Private Health Hurt by Rebate Cuts
Private Healthcare Australia warns that an uncertain period lies ahead for Australia’s health system.
The passage of the means-testing legislation through the Lower House signals… Read more
Government Means Testing Modelling Flawed
An independent report released today exposes flawed Treasury modelling in relation to the Government’s proposal to means-testing the 30% Rebate on Private Health Insurance. … Read more
Stats & Data
We Cover 12 Million Australians
As at 31 December 2011, the number of insured persons with hospital cover was 10,403,680, and the number of insured persons with general treatment cover… Read more
Episodes of Service and Utilisation of Private Health Insurance – Sept 2011
Private health insurers paid benefits for 3.37 million hospital episodes in the year ending September 2011, with associated bed days numbering 9.27 million (PHIAC Quarterly… Read more
Benefits Paid to Members Sept 2011
The total benefits paid by private health insurance funds for all types of hospital and general treatment services in the year ending September 2011 was… Read more
Latest News
Private Healthcare Australia 2012 Conference
The year 2012 is a particularly significant one for the Private Health Insurance Industry.
We have had legislative issues with which to deal; the… Read more
Annual High Claims Survey Shows Value of Keeping Private Cover
The Private Healthcare Australia Annual High Claims Survey Report analyses the nature and magnitude of high claims met by Health Funds over the past 12… Read more
Research Papers
Impact of Means Testing the Private Health Insurance Rebate
ANOP Research Services Pty Ltd was commissioned by the Australian Health Insurance Association to conduct a detailed survey of the private health insurance (PHI) population… Read more
Economic Impact Assessment of the Proposed Reforms to Private Health Insurance
Deloitte was engaged by the Australian Health Insurance Association to conduct analysis considering the potential economic impacts of introducing a means test on the 30%… Read more
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