BUPA Removes further BMI Hospitals from Recognised Hospital Lists

03.01.2012

BUPA and BMI Hospitals have failed to mutually agree the BMI charges for treating BUPA members from 1st January 2012. Subsequently BUPA have made the decision to remove further BMI hospitals from their Recognised Hospital lists with immediate effect.

According to BUPA, despite an assurance from BMI that they would send us their out-of-contract pricing by midday on Friday 16 December 2011, they did not do this. As it was so close to the expiry of the current contract BUPA needed to make a decision on which BMI hospitals would remain on BUPA's Recognised Hospital lists. This was to ensure BUPA members were not being charged unduly high rates for treatment at BMI hospitals. For this reason, BUPA had no realistic option but to remove all BMI hospitals from 1 January 2012 where they believe reasonable alternative arrangements can be made for our members.

BUPA and BMI continue their discussions and hope to be able to return their hospitals to their recognised hospital lists in the future. For a copy of the Hospital Changes Click Here

BMI hospitals to be removed from 1 January 2012

BMI Bath Clinic
BMI Castle Consulting Centre
BMI Coombe Wing
BMI Edgbaston Hospital
BMI Foscote Hospital
BMI Gisburne Park Hospital
BMI Lancaster Hospital
BMI Meriden Hospital
BMI Oxford Clinic
BMI Runnymede Hospital
BMI Sefton Hospital
BMI Syon Clinic

BMI hospitals likely to be removed from 1 January 2012
BMI Alexandra Hospital*
BMI Beaumont Hospital
BMI Bishops Wood Hospital
BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital
BMI Droitwich Spa Hospital
BMI Duchy Hospital
BMI Esperance Hospital
BMI Fawkham Manor Hospital
BMI Goring Hall Hospital
BMI Hampshire Clinic
BMI Harbour Hospital
BMI Highfield Hospital
BMI Huddersfield Hospital
BMI Manor Hospital
BMI McIndoe Surgical Centre
BMI Mount Alvernia Hospital
BMI Princess Margaret Hospital
BMI Priory Hospital
BMI Sarum Road Hospital
BMI Shelburne Hospital
BMI Shirley Oaks Hospital
BMI Somerfield Hospital
BMI South Cheshire Private Hospital
BMI Woodlands Hospital

*With the exception of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic surgery & Neurosurgery

If any of your employees have an ongoing claim at one of the BMI Hospitals they have nothing to be concerned about as BUPA assure us that ongoing claims will continue to be paid as normal.

What this means for our clients
BUPA are writing to all their members to update them on the removal of the hospitals. Plus BUPA are writing to members who have pre-authorised treatment at these hospitals in recent weeks. Here is a copy of the BUPA letter Click Here

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