MOH extends fee benchmarks to cover all private sector surgical procedures; hospital charges added to list
SINGAPORE – Benchmarks on surgeons’ fees, which have helped to keep a lid on medical bills in the private sector, will be extended to cover all surgical procedures from June 14. New benchmarks have also been published for some hospital charges.
“Doctors and hospitals are strongly encouraged to be upfront on the fee components charged by them. They should work together to keep their charges within the hospital fee benchmarks,” said MOH. The benchmarks, which were initially published for 200 common surgical operations that accounted for 85 per cent of all such procedures, will now be expanded to cover surgeons’ fees for all surgical procedures that MediShield Life, the national healthcare insurance scheme, covers. This will be done by adding the remaining 1,900 procedures to the list.
The Fee Benchmark Advisory Committee said: “The hospital fee benchmarks provide a common reference for the reasonableness of the total hospital fee billed by the hospital.” Fees for procedures without benchmarks have gone up annually by more than double those of the 200 procedures for which there were benchmarks.
Higher fees are not a problem if doctors can justify them. But if the doctor cannot, and continues to charge higher than benchmark fees, he may be referred to the medical watchdog, Singapore Medical Council, for review.
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