Healthscope Update
Key takeaways
- Healthscope has appointed receivers to work with its management team on the company’s restructure and sale process.
- All its hospitals will operate as normal and there will be no immediate impact to staff or patient care.
- Doctors’ Health Fund will continue to fund care for our members with admissions at Healthscope hospitals.
- Healthscope is Australia’s second-largest private hospital operator, with 38 hospitals and 19,000 staff.
On 26 May, Healthscope announced that its parent companies entered receivership due to ongoing financial challenges.
McGrathNicol has been appointed as receivers to work with Healthscope’s management team on the company’s restructure and sale process.
Healthscope stated that while it has entered receivership at a parent company level, the operational business which runs its hospitals is not in receivership.
Further, Healthscope sought to reassure patients that all 38 of its hospitals will continue to operate as normal and there will be no immediate impact on its 19,000 staff or patient care.
At this stage there is no impact to our members, and Doctors’ Health Fund will continue to fund care for members with admissions at Healthscope hospitals.
We will continue to monitor the situation closely and our focus remains on ensuring minimal disruption for our members.
Contact us
You can contact our Member Services Team by email or by calling 1800 226 126 Monday to Friday (excluding NSW public holidays) from 8:30am to 6:00pm (NSW time).
Questions
Yes. All Healthscope hospitals remain open and fully operational. Patient care continues as normal and there have been no closures or staff redundancies announced.
Yes. Doctors’ Health Fund secured a new agreement with Healthscope in March of this year, ensuring all our members can access Healthscope hospitals. Doctors’ Health Fund will continue to fund care for members with admissions at Healthscope hospitals.
If you have a procedure/admission scheduled at a Healthscope facility, there should be no change.
Yes, it is business as usual, and all claims will continue to be processed under the normal terms of your health cover.
Receivership is a financial restructuring process managed by independent administrators. The aim is to make the business stable while finding a long-term solution, such as a new owner.
