Doctors in uproar over third party administrators' charges
Specialists say their margins are being squeezed by some TPAs charging doctors excessive cut of the total bill
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SOME private-sector doctors are up in arms over the way some managed care companies in Singapore operate, in particular their fee practices; and the uproar has intensified in recent weeks with the Singapore Medical Association (SMA) leading the charge.
In its August newsletter dedicated to managed care, SMA not only called for transparency on such charges but also sounded warnings on the pitfalls of joining the system, stopping short of calling for an outright boycott.
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