The ongoing dispute between Bupa and surgeons' representative bodies is now on the verge of entering its fourth month and has earned the title "saga" at COVER.
Unfortunately it seems to show no sign of ending either, with positions becoming further entrenched and more reinforcements, in the form of other medical bodies, being called in on both sides. To cut what is now becoming a very long story short, in layman's terms, Bupa introduced a process to review all referrals for arthroscopic knee surgery by another surgeon to determine if it was essential to qualify for funding. This drew the ire of surgeons who felt the private medical insurance (PMI) provider was questioning their medical judgments and inferring that unnecessary surgeries were ...
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