Chapter 3 Summary of Submissions Received Introduction As part of Phase 2 of the Review of Measures to Reduce Costs in the Private Health Insurance Market, submissions were invited from interested parties by 14 April 2014. Seven submissions were received from the following parties. Health Service Executive (HSE) The Independent Hospitals Association of Ireland ( IHAI) Insurance Ireland Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) Saint John of God Hospital St. Health Services Patrick’s Mental Society of Actuaries in Ireland (SAI) A summary of all submissions received is provided below. As the submissions from the IHAI, Saint John of God Hospital and Health Services focused in St. Patrick’s Mental particular on responding to Chapter 7 of the Phase 1 report Approach to entitled ‘Industry Private a collective summary of those submissions is provided at 3.6 below. Psychiatry’, 3.1 Summary of HSE Submission The HSE submission states that the Phase I report contains a number of recommendations that have significant implications for the HSE and it makes the following observations on the report: The HSE is in broad agreement with the thrust of the report. The private health insurance market generates approximately per annum for the public hospital €500m system. The HSE is in broad agreement with recommendations 1 to 7 of the report and are willing to work with the private health insurers on these issues. Regarding the recommendations around claims processing, the HSE are striving to improve internal debt management processes including the continued roll out of the Claimsure electronic claims management system.
Chapter 3 Summary of Submissions Received Introduction As part of Phase 2 of the Review of Measures to Reduce Costs in the Private Health Insurance Market, submissions were invited from interested parties by 14 April 2014. Seven submissions were received from the following parties. Health Service Executive (HSE) The Independent Hospitals Association of Ireland ( IHAI) Insurance Ireland Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) Saint John of God Hospital St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services Society of Actuaries in Ireland (SAI) A summary of all submissions received is provided below. As the submissions from the IHAI, Saint John of God Hospital and St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services focused in particular on responding to Chapter 7 of the Phase 1 report entitled ‘Industry Approach to Private Psychiatry’, a collective summary of those submissions is provided at 3.6 below. 3.1 Summary of HSE Submission The HSE submission states that the Phase I report contains a number of recommendations that have significant implications for the HSE and it makes the following observations on the report: The HSE is in broad agreement with the thrust of the report. The private health insurance market generates approximately €500m per annum for the public hospital system. The HSE is in broad agreement with recommendations 1 to 7 of the report and are willing to work with the private health insurers on these issues. Regarding the recommendations around claims processing, the HSE are striving to improve internal debt management processes including the continued roll out of the Claimsure electronic claims management system.