Gesy cost €780m to run last year, revenues came to €840m
Revenue from contributions to the health system Gesy amounted to €840 million in 2020, a senior official told the Cyprus News Agency on Sunday. Angelos...
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‘Your GP is not your secretary’, HIO tells public
Personal doctors are not ‘secretaries’, the health insurance organisation (HIO) said on Friday and reminded people that Gesy beneficiaries need to visit their personal doctors...
Over 43,000 receive inpatient Gesy care so far
A total of 43,448 people received inpatient care through the general health scheme (Gesy) since its introduction, according to figures released by the Health Insurance...
House passes Okypy and HIO budgets, securing Gesy finances
Parliament on Thursday passed the 2021 budgets for two agencies that are key components of the national health scheme (Gesy), also giving the nod to...
Even more health providers expected to join Gesy by end of December
More health care providers from different specialties will register in the national health scheme (Gesy) by the end of December, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO)...
Our View: Investigations must probe if cost-cutting behind eye infections
Eight out of nine patients that underwent eye surgery at the Apollonion private hospital eight days ago suffered the same serious infection. Although the infection...
Health care providers to be fined for issuing health card information
The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on Wednesday said it would fine Gesy health providers that offer services to beneficiaries for the issuance of health cards...
Excess operations putting a strain on Gesy
An excess number of operations, even some that are unnecessary, appears to be latest problem facing the national health scheme Gesy, as these are seen...
October deadline for inclusion of other specialties into Gesy still stands, HIO says
October 19, the date on which other specialties were scheduled to join the health system (Gesy) still stands, a senior official said on Friday, as...
Paphos doctor creates storm by slamming Gesy for not delivering what it had promised
Director of Gesy operator HIO Andreas Papaconstantinou on Tuesday called on the deputy head of the Paphos general hospital’s cardiology clinic to resign after he...
Ioannou asks HIO for systematic assessment of Gesy
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou has urged the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) to tweak the road map for the full rollout of services envisaged under the...
Small clinics complain of unfair treatment by HIO
Two clinics that joined Gesy on Saturday accused the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) of unfair treatment as regards the fees it pays small and large...
A&Es at public hospitals will be included in Gesy from September 1
The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) announced on Monday that as of September 1 the services of accident and emergency (A&E) departments at public hospitals are...
‘Doctor billed HIO every five minutes at €1,170 a pop’
The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) appears unable to crack down on shenanigans by physicians who are registered with the national health system, with one doctor...
Our View: Business model for Gesy is doomed
The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) has decided to set limits on the number of patient visits per day for certain specialist doctors. This was inevitable...
HIO official says difficult to spot doctors abusing the system
A senior official with the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) conceded on Tuesday that they may have taken a sledgehammer to the problem of excessive patient...
Minister optimistic on next step in Gesy but unresolved issues manifold
Monday will usher in the second phase of one of the biggest social reforms seen in Cyprus, Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou said, as the national...
HIO said satisfied as two large private Nicosia hospitals confirm they are onboard
The Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on Friday said it was satisfied after two large private Nicosia hospitals agreed to join Gesy, just a couple of...
Private hospitals warm to Gesy
Almost all private hospitals have expressed an interest in joining Gesy, the General Manager of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) Andreas Papaconstantinou said on Thursday....
Coronavirus: private hospitals unhappy with revised deal for Gesy’s second phase
Private hospitals association (Pasin) on Friday said they found unfair a unilateral decision by the government to reduce by six per cent the rates agreed...