#Health Insurance Organisation (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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Opening hours for outpatient services on weekends and holidays are being simplified, HIO director Andreas Papaconstantinou said on Thursday. The change, which takes effect immediately, came about due to apparent ...

Distortions and problems in the implementation of the state healthcare system (Gesy) are to be hammered out in a general meeting convened by President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday. The main ...

The Pancyprian medical association (Pis) slammed patient organisation Osak on Monday, accusing them of spreading “false and baseless information”. The spat erupted after Pis proposed that doctors serve on the ...

A few weeks ago, everyone marked the four years of the national health scheme Gesy, the only public institution that is afforded a birthday celebration every year. We very much ...

Patients undergo “unimaginable suffering” because of an ongoing spat between physiotherapists and the and the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), the federation of patients’ associations said on Tuesday. They called on ...

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 ...

The association of physiotherapists went on a four-hour work stoppage on Thursday, from 9am until 1pm, over disputes with state health insurance organisation (HIO). In its statement, the association said ...

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 ...

The Cyprus medical association on Thursday was looking into disciplinary procedures for a father-son doctor duo who were arrested for collaborating to illicitly grab money off Gesy. The father, 62 was ...