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Bupa/Quinn Patients being refused at Dublin Maternity Hospitals

  • 23-09-2008 10:52am
    #1
    rs
    Closed Accounts Posts: 365 ✭✭


    Apparently, most Dublin maternity hospitals are now turning away Bupa/Quinn Patients due to ongoing disputes over non-payment. We were told we would have to pay all the fees up front (500+ euro per visit) and then claim back from Bupa/Quinn in the following year.

    Previously all fees were paid directly from Bupa/Quinn.

    Please investigate your health-care cover. It looks like the Quinn management of Bupa is making a complete mess of things.


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  • #2
    Grawns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭Grawns


    That's feckin disgraceful. And all these years I've been telling myself to leave VHI. Phew!


  • #3
    Moonbeam
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,968 Mod ✭✭✭✭Moonbeam


    Did you get on to Quinn to find out the situation?
    That is crazy:(


  • #4
    dodgyme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭dodgyme


    rs wrote: »
    Apparently, most Dublin maternity hospitals are now turning away Bupa/Quinn Patients due to ongoing disputes over non-payment. We were told we would have to pay all the fees up front (500+ euro per visit) and then claim back from Bupa/Quinn in the following year.

    Previously all fees were paid directly from Bupa/Quinn.

    Please investigate your health-care cover. It looks like the Quinn management of Bupa is making a complete mess of things.

    what hospital ? you semi -private.


  • #5
    Quackles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭Quackles


    Grawns wrote: »
    That's feckin disgraceful. And all these years I've been telling myself to leave VHI. Phew!

    Ditto - I thought next year would be the year, I'm reconsidering now!!!


  • #6
    Deer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 592 ✭✭✭Deer


    Which fee? Is it the consultant fees or the actual birth and accommodation fee? Because it would be fairly standard to pay your consultancy pre-natal fees up front and claim back from the provider at the end of the policy year.


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  • #7
    Inquitus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    Deer wrote: »
    Which fee? Is it the consultant fees or the actual birth and accommodation fee? Because it would be fairly standard to pay your consultancy pre-natal fees up front and claim back from the provider at the end of the policy year.

    2 Kids on VHI Plan B and no fees had to be paid bar a few quid for the initial ultrasound scan. One of them was in special care for 3 weeks too.


  • #8
    Crea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭Crea


    Had my babs in April and had no probs with the bills being paid. I'm based in Limerick though.
    I'd heard that the consultants were having problems getting paid if they didn't attend the birth. The consultant is paid the fees for seeing him in his rooms by the patient but the health insurance pays for the work they do in the hospital. I was phoned by Quinn to ask if the consultant attended the birth. He had but if he hadn't i'm sure there would have been a problem with the payment. It's hard to feel sorry for them because they are looking to be paid for a job they haven't done but then what happens if they refuse to see patients from a specific insurer?


  • #9
    Lillyella
    Closed Accounts Posts: 119 ✭✭Lillyella


    We have a health care scheme specific to my husband's job, but we have to pay all fees upfront first and then claim them back.

    I'm going private in Mt. Carmel so we will have to pay the guts of €9k.

    Everything bar €1500 is covered.


  • #10
    Grawns
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,169 ✭✭✭Grawns


    Sounds like a fantastic scheme. Am jealous :o


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