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Insurance premium rise not instigated by MCOs, BUSINESS TIMES

By Cheah Chor Sooi
Publication: Business Times (Malaysia)
Date: Monday, December 23 2002


Business Times (Malaysia)

12-23-2002

THE recent increase in premiums for health insurance has been said as
solely a decision by insurance companies, not by managed care organizations
(MCOs), an MCO operator said.
MCOs provide its members with cashless hospital admission and
discharge.
Integrated Health Management Sdn Bhd (IHM) managing director Andrew
Yuan Fook Yong said MCOs merely arrange for members to purchase coverage
from insurance companies through their brokers.
IHM is the market leader among the country's MCOs with 80 pe

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