Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 November 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion

11:10 am

Mr. Donal Clancy:

I referred earlier to our network products whereby we provide coverage through a network of hospitals to ensure patients get the essential care they need but not necessarily in all hospitals. In the case of orthopaedics, for instance, a customer would not be covered in all three hospitals to which he or she might expect to present but in the hospital that offers the best possible outcome - it is the centre of excellence model - for that particular condition.