The controversy began three weeks ago when a few health insurance companies decided not to honour bills submitted by hospitals for settling claims of their patients. The reason: Hospitals allegedly overcharged for their services and presented inflated bills to insurance firms who pick the tab on behalf of their clients. For instance, many private hospitals charge more than Rs 70,000 . . .

Courtesy the insurance companies, the malaise that was until recently the exclusive preserve of senior citizens has now become universal in its applicability. I am talking about the vagaries of what you may be called upon to pay as renewal premium on your health insurance policy. In case of senior citizens, every renewal has, for quite some time now, become a hurdle. . . .

‘3- fold rise in malaria this month’ scream headlines in a leading city publication. With Mumbai reeling under the Mumbai has recorded a total of 13,818 cases since July 1, it is reason enough to worry if one were to compare these figures to the 4830 cases reported last June. With 1.5 million cases of Malaria being reported in 2009, the . . .

News Flash:  “The General Insurance Public Sector Association consisting of four major state-run insurance companies - United India, New India, Oriental Insurance and National Insurance have decided to stop cash-less hospitalization in most hospitals” Shock and outrage are the two words that describe the reaction of most of the customers and media reports on this piece of news.  We demanded to . . .

During one of my monthly book buying binges at Crossword around 4 months ago, I came across this book called “Don’t lose your mind, LOSE YOUR WEIGHT” by author Rujuta Diwekar who is well known for being Dietician & Nutritionist for “the-size-zero­-Kareena-Kapoor”. Due to some books remaining unread, it took a little while for this book’s turn to come for . . .

20th century has seen many such inventions that have been aimed at making our lives easier. But while doing so, these inventions have also made us considerably lazy! And this laziness has spilled over to our professional and personal lives, where physical activity has taken a back seat in favor of sitting. While, we all thought that there was nothing . . .

You might have to shell out 50 per cent extra premium to get treatment at the country’s high-end hospitals. Following the uproar over withdrawing cashless health insurance claims from high-end hospitals, state-owned non-life insurers are working on a product with differential rating that will bare the expenses of the top hospitals. The four insurers – New India Assurance, United India Insurance, National . . .

Be warned women! For your efforts to keep you house sparkling clean, might just double your chances of developing breast cancer. According to a research conducted on 1500 women by breast cancer researchers from the American Silent Spring Institute, it was found that regular exposure to a combination of various household products doubled the risk of breast cancer! The study, which . . .

NEW DELHI: Locked in a battle with big healthcare firms over censoring cashless health insurance claims, state-run insurers on Thursday asserted that the facility would be extended only to those hospitals that agree to their rates for medical expenses. "The purpose of working out such package rates and stabilising the hospitalisation costs, will benefit the insured in many ways," . . .

Recently, we came across news in an online Publication, in.news.yahoo.com Recently, we came across news in an online Publication, in.news.yahoo.com Chennai, July 11 (IANS) The four government-owned non-life insurers -- National Insurance, New India Assurance, Oriental Insurance and United India Insurance-- will soon be taking forward their idea of floating a common third party administrator (TPA) to process the health insurance claims. 'We will be issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) shortly. . . .