Psychologists hit out at HIO
The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO)’s attitude is hindering the improvement of the healthcare system and the provision of high-quality services, psychologists charged on Monday.
It is failing to respond ...
Dermatologist fined €30,000 for fraudulent Gesy claims
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).
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Doctor fined after claiming he had scanned female patients’ male genitalia
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 ...
Diagnostic centres threaten action against feared shutdown
A medical association on Monday said it was preparing ‘necessary legal action’ against the Health Insurance Organisation amid a spat between the two.
The diagnostics association (Pasydike) stressed it was ...
Age limit for doctors set at 75 years of age
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 ‘verbally attacked’ because patients are uninformed
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 ...
Doctor suspended, accused of fraud
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 ...
Abuses in Gesy, €80,000 in fines
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 ...
HIO rejects €10 million in healthcare claims
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 ...
HIO budget oversight urged
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 ...
Personal doctors’ salaries in Cyprus range from €100K to 450K
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.
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‘Urgent’ healthcare referral system now in force
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 ...
‘Millions wasted’ by gov for road accident care
There is a serious gap in the law over the cost of treatment in the case of a road accident, the House human rights heard on Monday, as MPs said ...
New health minister meets with HIO
New Health Minister Michalis Damianos acquainted himself with the problems and challenges face by the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), during a meeting with the organisation’s board of directors on ...
Ministry gives two days for decision over health appointments
The finance ministry said on Wednesday it will decide within the next two days whether or not to approve the opening of 56 new job positions at the Health Insurers’ Organisation (...
Finance minister questions new HIO hires, stresses productivity focus
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 ...
Our View: GPs need to stand firm for wait lists to get shorter
Health Minister Popi Kanari, concerned about the long waiting times for appointments with specialist doctors, met bosses of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) to discuss ways of reducing these. The ...
HIO asks for more time to cut waiting lists
The health insurance organisation (HIO) has requested more time to discuss with medical specialist companies to determine whether the referral a patient receives is urgent or not, Health Minister Popi ...
Government draws up plans to increase Okypy revenue
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 ...
Limassol hospital downgraded
Limassol General has been downgraded to a category 2 hospital, the health insurance organisation (HIO) announced on Friday, an issue which in previous days drew the ire of the state health ...
Hospital finance deal proves elusive as time runs out
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, ...
Clinic under fire following Gesy system fraud
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 posts €71.7 million surplus in first half of 2023
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 ...
New plan to be sent to private hospitals (Update 2)
HIO chairman Stavros Michael said he was positive all hospitals will sign the final agreement, stressing that the organisation has no sustainability problems.
The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) sent a ...