Medical agents who recommend patients to doctors in Singapore and charge a referral fee for their third-party role are now disguising the kickbacks they receive as marketing charges.
The Ministry of Health (MOH) last year put a stop to the practice of public hospitals paying referral fees to foreign agents after it emerged that three public hospitals here had contracts with third-party agents.
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