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Inflated insurance claims: MOH sends strong signal with action against doctors

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The two doctors are from Melissa Teo Surgery at Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre and Dr Natasha Lim Eye Centre at Royal Square@Novena.

Two specialists were suspended from making claims against MediSave, MediShield Life and Integrated Shield Plans for six months.

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SINGAPORE - Six doctors have been taken to task for making wrongful insurance claims against unnecessary treatments, excessive claims and procedures that were never carried out, but the crackdown by the Ministry of Health (MOH) is still ongoing and more doctors are likely to feel the heavy hand of the regulators.

Two specialists, for their severe non-compliance, were suspended

from making claims against MediSave, MediShield Life and Integrated Shield Plans (IPs) for six months.

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