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State doctors on Wednesday suspended their scheduled three-hour strike over the weekend operation of clinics after the health insurance organisation (HIO) agreed to put off the implementation of the extended ...

Gesy on-duty clinics will begin operating from next weekend, operator Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said. Speaking on national radio, deputy HIO director Athos Tsinontides said that talks with state health ...

Doctors that have been convicted in the court still appear to be able to provide health services, including under the national health scheme (Gesy) due to lack of strict checks ...

The House health committee on Thursday piled pressure on the health insurance organisation (HIO) to address patients’ concerns over pharmaceuticals offered through the general health scheme (Gesy). At the focus ...

It was about time the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), which runs the national health scheme Gesy, tried to address the weaknesses of the scheme that incur higher costs and also ...

MPs on Thursday pressed the health insurance organisation (HIO) to ensure private hospitals that operate within the general health scheme (Gesy) also incorporate their A&E department. House watchdog ...

The island’s state health services organisation (Okypy) announced that it would begin charging Gesy beneficiaries for excessive visits to family GPs and paediatricians, In its statement, Okypy said the ...

The president of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) Andreas Papaconstantinou will meet President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday to discuss an issue concerning around €150 million that has reportedly not yet been ...

President Nicos Anastasiades instructed the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) on Friday to introduce effective mechanisms to prevent abuses of the general health system that pushes up costs and undermine the ...

The Cyprus Medical Association (CyMA) on Thursday the body should be represented on the board of directors of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), after its president Petros Agathangelou was named ...

A month and a half after the parents and friends of children with cerebral palsy denounced a decision by the Health Insurance Organization (HIO) to slash the number of physiotherapy ...

Those running Gesy were accused of being utterly and completely clueless by the president of the House watchdog committee as the noxious fallout over the healthcare system spread further on ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantelas on Tuesday announced an action plan to tackle bad practices within the national health system (Gesy), asserting that despite its problems the system is not only ...

By Nick Theodoulou and Gina Agapiou Knives are out in the Gesy row after the finance ministry drew its scalpel and trimmed €150m from the Health Insurance Organisation’s (HIO) ...

New measures will be announced in coming months to safeguard the public health care system from abuse and fraud, the health minister said on Friday amid growing concerns Gesy was ...

Hot on the heels of news that a doctor was facing criminal charges for allegedly sending fictitious invoices for payment, it emerged on Thursday that another medic has been removed ...

It hasn’t been a great month so far for the reputation of the health scheme Gesy, but whatever operational weaknesses the system might have, they pale in comparison to ...

A scathing report by the auditor-general has alleged illegalities within Cyprus’ health care system, while identifying 11 Gesy doctors who each earned over €500,000 in 2020 – with one topping the charts at a ...

Auditor general Odysseas Michaelides on Thursday accused the health insurance organisation (HIO) of violating the law and philosophy of Gesy, charges quickly denied by the HIO which insisted that it ...

Auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides has turned up the heat on the Health Insurance Organisation, reporting the entity to the attorney-general for its alleged failure to provide information he requested. In a ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO) receives at least 15 calls a day from people complaining about Gesy doctors or service providers, its director said on Monday. On a monthly basis, 500 of ...

The budget of the national health scheme (Gesy) remained within initial estimates, counting €794.7m for the period of January to August despite the pandemic, an HIO official said on Saturday. ...

The audit office on Thursday disputed claims by the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO), which runs national health scheme Gesy, that said it does not allow health professionals not registered to ...

Gesy beneficiaries will receive emails containing the indicative cost of health services received after each doctor’s appointment, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said on Tuesday. Up to now, Gesy ...