#National health scheme (GESY)

Gesy beneficiaries are entitled to four visits to a clinical dietician a year for health issues covered by the general health system, the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) said on Wednesday. ...

The number of physiotherapy sessions provided under the general health system (Gesy) for people with cerebral palsy will be increased following an agreement reached with the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) ...

The federation of Cyprus patients’ associations (Osak) on Monday highlighted the need for patients to take part in the decision-making process as far as public health concerned during a meeting ...

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 ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday said he would not hear suggestions from those who want to create difficulties within the national health scheme Gesy. “There will not be any changes ...

Pensioners are asking for podiatrists to be covered by the general health system (Gesy) and want simplified procedures for hearing aids. They are also concerned about the sums they have ...

The health insurance organisation (HIO) recognises that abuse of Gesy by providers and beneficiaries is one of the most serious problems facing the national health system and is taking steps ...

Around 35 per cent of the population continues to pay private health insurance despite the implementation of a national health scheme (Gesy) about three years ago, Cyprus medical association (CMA) and ...

The health ministry on Wednesday said it was working with Gesy operator Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) to solve several issues within the national health scheme, which were pointed out earlier ...

Diagnostic centres, particularly radiological facilities, effectively operate in a lawless environment, often carrying out unnecessary MRIs or using outdated and potentially hazardous machinery. What’s more, some doctors are shareholders ...

Regret has been expressed by the Cyprus Medical Association (PIS) that some of its members have been targeted and accused of abusing the national health system (Gesy). “We do not ...

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 ...

The House watchdog committee erupted into a shouting match on Thursday as the rolling scandal over abuses within Gesy continued, with one person being expelled from the meeting as police ...

The entity charged with running Gesy has announced major changes to the way in which the healthcare system will function, such as a time limit being imposed on how often ...

Hospitals and health centres registered in the national health scheme will be upgraded with 42 major development projects amounting to €52 million, state health services organisation (Okypy) announced on Friday. The projects, ...

Parents and friends of children with cerebral palsy on Wednesday denounced the decision of the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO) to slash the number of physiotherapy sessions provided under the general ...

Nobody knows whether the action plan to tackle Gesy’s bad practices and squandering of the taxpayer’s money will prove effective, but it is step in the right direction. ...

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) ...

Gesy contributions will need to go up by 20 to 30 per cent unless procedures change Sparks flew in parliament on Thursday during a debate on the state of Gesy – the national ...

Cyprus medical association (CMA) on Monday slammed the health insurance service organisation (HIO) for “shoddy planning”, reiterating they had warned about the inadequacy of the Gesy budget prior to its ...

UNIVERSAL outrage greeted the publication of the auditor-general’s report about the Gesy specialist doctors who were making big fortunes by submitting countless fictitious payment claims to the Health Insurance ...