Healix believes that healthcare trusts provide a
much more transparent approach - both for the medical profession and for
patients.
Bruce Eaton at Healix explains that case management is at the heart of
making a healthcare trust a better solution for employers and patients, "The
key to an effective healthcare trust is the expertise and knowledge that goes
into the case management. The nurse-led
approach, which we adopt, means that each claim is treated individually with a
clear focus on the patient's needs matched to the most appropriate healthcare
services available. It also means that
any potential shortfalls in cover are identified up front. This means that the
patient is provided with all the options available to them in terms of
treatment - helping them make informed decisions about treatment they might
want to have privately and treatment they can receive through the NHS. And this, in turn, means that employers, who
are providing this vital healthcare to their staff, know that their employees
are provided with flexibility and choice in their treatment whilst we have a
focus on cost, without it undermining quality of care. With more and more
companies recognising the advantages of healthcare trusts over traditional PMI,
we hope that the OFT will take account of this alternative if it decides to
conduct a complete investigation of the PMI market."
Private medical insurance news: 21 January 2012
