The Health Ministry has also updated existing benchmarks for doctor fees after adjusting for growth.
SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health released hospital fee benchmarks for the private sector on Wednesday , as part of its efforts to to ensure transparency and manage rising healthcare costs.benchmarks for doctor feesPrivate hospital bills comprise components that can be classified under two separate categories - hospital fees and doctor fees.
They were set using fee data spanning 2016 to the first half of 2022 from MOH as a reference. About 600 specialists, administrators from all private hospitals and Integrated Shield Plan insurers’ views were sought over more than 10 consultation sessions.During a media briefing on Wednesday, MOH said the new hospital fee benchmarks were developed to address rising private hospital bills.
“But we recognise that in areas like total hospital bill sizes for common conditions and the rest of the surgical fees, it was necessary to start coming up with new benchmarks because fees and charges in that area have also been going up,” he added.On Wednesday, MOH also published updated benchmarks for doctor fees - which include surgeon, anaesthetist and doctors’ inpatient attendance fee.
With this, all 2,100 surgical procedures on the Table of Surgical Procedures - excluding those that are predominantly performed by dentists - will now be covered. Responding to media queries on whether any action would be taken against doctors who continue to charge above the recommended range, the ministry said it would need to take into account factors such as the complexity of the cases.
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