Category: insurance scheme

NDIS Architect Says Scheme Not Working as Intended

One of the key designers of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) concedes the program is not working as intended. Bruce Bonyhady, who is helping lead a review into the scheme, said after 10 years of operation multiple challenges still needed to be addressed. “It’s inevitable when you introduce a scheme of this magnitude, which…


China Denies Claims of Insufficient Medical Insurance Funds Amid Mounting Public Concern

China’s healthcare authority issued a rare response amid mounting public concern that there was insufficient money in the nation’s healthcare fund because of repeated COVID-19 testing and increased hospitalizations due to the pandemic.. In a disclosure aimed at easing public concern, China’s National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA), on July 23, said the national medical insurance…


Final Doctor Sentenced in $153 Million Medical Insurance Fraud Scheme

SANTA ANA (CNS)—A 73-year-old physician—the last of 19 defendants in a $154 million medical insurance fraud scheme dating back more than two decades—was sentenced Jan. 29 to three years of formal probation, 1,000 hours of community service and ordered to pay $2.9 million in restitution. Dr. Mario Rosenberg, was indicted along with a dozen others in…