Bupa has hit back at surgeons by denying claims that its medical review process could be "potentially harmful to patients" and said it has consulted with practitioner bodies.
The private medical insurance (PMI) provider insisted that it was not taking a decision on whether the clinical treatment took place or not, only towards funding of the procedure. In an open letter to members on the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) website, the body claimed Bupa was planning to introduce a second opinion review process to decide whether arthroscopic knee surgery would be funded. The letter was also signed by the British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK) and the Federation of Independent Practitioner Organisations (FIPO) and openly criticised those detail...
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