AMII demands network data and fee transparency from OFT review

AMII recognised the benefits fee limits and hospital networks provide but said clarity was needed to ensure patients knew where they stood before receiving treatment. Its call came as an initial response to the Office of Fair Trading's (OFT) review of the private healthcare market. The Association said it believed the OFT should make a "clear distinction between broad-based ‘hospital networks', where the private medical insurance (PMI) policyholder has actively agreed to only obtain treatment at a selected list of hospitals in return for a lower premium, and the ‘treatment networks' w...