#Health Insurance Organisation (HIO)

The House plenum on Thursday approved an extra €94 million for the Health Insurance Organisation for fiscal year 2024, but not without some gripes from MPs. The supplementary budget largely concerns expenses ...

Tests carried out at diagnostic centres in Cyprus are already “of perfect quality”, diagnostic centres’ association (Pasydike) chairman Giorgos Kouttoukis said on Friday. Speaking to Astra radio station, he said ...

Diagnostic centres announced on Thursday that they will go on strike and file lawsuits against the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) in protest of planned reforms in the sector. During a ...

A dermatologist has been hit with a hefty €30,000 fine after being found guilty of submitting fraudulent claims to the General Healthcare System (Gesy), according to the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO). ...

A urologist was fined after the health insurers’ organisation (HIO) found various irregularities in his expenses claims for the month of August, including that he had claimed expenses for scanning ...

Health practitioners aged over 75 will be removed from the national health scheme (Gesy), the national health insurance organisation (HIO) said. The decision was taken at the last meeting of the ...

Doctors and other Gesy service providers are “on the end of verbal attacks” because patients are uninformed, House health committee chairman Efthimios Diplaros said on Thuesday. Speaking at the committee ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO) on Wednesday suspended a doctor after patients alleged that he was registering their names on Gesy for services he never provided to them. As a ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (Hio) issued €80,000 in fines last year to over 40 health service providers for abusing Gesy, it emerged on Friday. Data obtained by CNA revealed that in 2023, the ...

Some 80,000 claims for compensation of healthcare providers corresponding to €10 million were rejected by the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) which operates Gesy, according to data. In addition, fines were imposed on 30 ...

The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) needs better control over its budget allocation, the head of the house health committee and Disy MP Efthymios Diplaros said on Thursday, following a discussion ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO) has begun its comparison of doctors’ salaries from 2022 and the second half of 2023 when quality criteria and performance indicators were introduced, it emerged on Thursday. ...

The new system for urgent care referrals under Gesy came into force on Thursday. Under the new system, there are now two categories for referrals – “urgent” and “normal” – thus allowing ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos hinted on Friday he would not be greenlighting the Health Insurance Organisation’s (HIO) request for 50 new job openings, saying the focus should be on improving ...

Plans to increase revenue and save costs in the state health services (Okypy) were discussed at an intergovernmental meeting on Friday. The meeting was attended by President Nikos Christodoulides, Health ...

Patients using public hospitals could potentially face serious problems, as the health insurance organisation (HIO) and state hospital services organisation (Okypy) seem to be at loggerheads over a financial agreement, ...

Management and doctors at a clinic operating within the national health service (Gesy) are under scrutiny by the authorities for fraudulent billing registrations. An investigation by the health insurance organisation (...

Gesy has garnered a €71.7 million surplus for the first six months of the year, according to preliminary financial data presented by the the Health Insurance Organisation (Hio) on Friday. Senior ...

Private hospitals asserted on Thursday that they cannot – and will not – renew their contract with the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on what they say is a take-it-or-leave-it basis, warning that ...

Private hospitals are threatening to close shop and walk out of Gesy, as disputes with the health insurance organisation (HIO) have reached new heights, it emerged on Friday. Mediterranean Hospital, ...

Reports that specialist doctors working under Gesy illegally charge their patients extra for earlier appointments prompted the medical association to call for an investigation on Friday. The health insurance organisation (...

Increases in applications from private companies wishing to become part of the national health scheme (Gesy) are being seen as positive so far, but authorities say that capacity planning will ...

‘For Gesy to continue, there need to be changes’ Mistakes were made while introducing the largest reform to the health system through Gesy’s implementation, and deeply rooted changes need ...

Patients with metastatic breast cancer in Cyprus have a better survival rate than the international average, a report compiled by the Bank of Cyprus Oncology Centre revealed on Wednesday. The ...