13 September 2017 - Confirmation by Australia’s medical device industry that it slugs private patients a higher fee for some devices than it charges public hospitals has added fuel to calls for reform of the system.

The Medical Technology Association of Australia has revealed a difference of more than $300 million between public and private pricing of medical devices.

Matthew Koce, head of Hirmaa, which represents not-for-profit insurers, said it was “staggering” that after years of ­denial, the medical device industry was now conceding it had charged the private system higher prices for medical devices.

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