• In June 2012, Defence signed a $1.3 billion contract with Medibank Health Solutions to provide health care services to the Australian Defence Force. [Photo:Defence]
    In June 2012, Defence signed a $1.3 billion contract with Medibank Health Solutions to provide health care services to the Australian Defence Force. [Photo:Defence]
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Defence officials have announced the successful transfer of all Defence health services from Defence to Medibank Health Solutions.

In June 2012, Defence signed a $1.3 billion contract with Medibank Health Solutions to provide health care services to the Australian Defence Force. 

This contract will deliver a comprehensive suite of five health services to Australian Defence Force personnel.

Four of these services were transferred to Medibank Health Solutions late last year:

  • Pathology services, via a national provider network, which was transitioned in September last year;
  • Imaging and radiology services, also through a national provider network, which was also transitioned in September last year;
  • A Health Hotline Service, delivered through Medibank Health Solutions’ world class tele-health hotline service, which was transitioned in October last year; and
  • On-base services, delivered through a national contracted health professional workforce, which was transitioned in November last year.

 

Today, the successful transfer of the fifth service, off-base services provided through a national network of specialist and allied health care providers, sees the full suite of off-base specialist, allied and diagnostic health services available.

Since the transition of health services to Medibank Health Solutions commenced on 29 October 2012:

  • 16,000 appointments for specialist services have been processed;
  • 17,000 imaging and radiology procedures have been undertaken;
  • 70,000 pathology tests have been conducted;
  • 60,000 on-base contracted health professional services have been provided, and
  • more than 4,500 calls have been answered by the MHS national health hotline service.


(Figures correct as at 31 January 2013)

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