Etiqa stays out of doctors' claims issue
Etiqa Insurance and Takaful has distanced itself from claims made by doctors who are still being owed monies by third party administrator Medijaring Sdn Bhd. While the insurance company admitted it had appointed Medijaring to manage medical schemes with panel clinics and hospitals, it said the appointment ended in October 2012. “As part of the conclusion of Medijaring’s appointment as administrator for Etiqa, reconciliation of the medical scheme’s claims between Etiqa and Medijaring was carried out,” Etiqa said in a statement to Malay Mail. “Where there were outstanding eligible medical claims owing by Etiqa to Medijaring, Etiqa had taken proactive measures, including to settle the payment directly to the affected clinic and/or hospitals.” Read more here . Etiqa was responding to claims made by private practitioners as published in The Malay Mail on March 31, 2014 . The article read: Doctors said they had not received their payments from third party admini...