Re: Health Scheme covers herbal medicine

[Guest guest]

Conflict of interest?

I don't see what you mean. Please forgive me if I am mistaken.

If you have clients that pay for herbal medicine consultations, then why not

offer them a way of claiming some of their payments back?

Yes, you could (if you wanted to do so) earn a commission from selling the

health scheme, but you can make that very clear to your client when you tell

them about it. The alternative is to just make them aware that the policy

exists and let them follow it up if they see it as being of value to them.

Kindest Regards,

Arwel

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Arwel MB BCh Dip.Phyt. DIHom

Medical Herbalist and Practitioner in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Better Health Limited, Chester

www.betterhealth.ltd.uk ... for a better life

[Guest guest]

Dear Arwel,

At 08:56 12/03/2004, you wrote:

>I followed some of the debate some time ago regarding health insurance

>schemes and the sad fact that many of them to not allow claims for herbal

>medicine.

>

>I have found a scheme that not only covers herbal medicine, but will also pay

>you commission if you want to sell it to your clients.

Surely there is a conflict of interest here, or have I missed something?

Krystyna

>If you check out the information regarding the scheme herbal medicine is not

>covered, but it has in fact been recently added, hence my interest in the

>scheme in the first place. Currently they will only cover NIMH

>herbalists, but

>they are always looking at widening the scope and will consider other

>associations in due course.

>

>For more information please contact me direct, or have a look on my website

>below and follow the link for HealthCard Plus.

>

>Best Wishes

>

>============================

>Arwel MB BCh Dip.Phyt. DIHom

>Medical Herbalist and Practitioner in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

>Better Health Limited, Chester

>www.betterhealth.ltd.uk ... for a better life

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Arwel,

There is a world of difference (legally as well as ethically) between

informing patients of health insurance schemes that also cover herbal

medicine, and receiving a financial incentive for promoting one. At that

point you could be classed as an insurance salesman. Have you checked

whether in the event of the company going insolvent or a claims dispute

between the patient and the company you could in any way be held liable? I

would check this with the ethics committee.

Best regards,

Krystyna

At 11:07 12/03/2004, you wrote:

>Conflict of interest?

>

>I don't see what you mean. Please forgive me if I am mistaken.

>

>If you have clients that pay for herbal medicine consultations, then why not

>offer them a way of claiming some of their payments back?

>

>Yes, you could (if you wanted to do so) earn a commission from selling the

>health scheme, but you can make that very clear to your client when you tell

>them about it. The alternative is to just make them aware that the policy

>exists and let them follow it up if they see it as being of value to them.

>

>Kindest Regards,

>

>Arwel

>

>============================

>Arwel MB BCh Dip.Phyt. DIHom

>Medical Herbalist and Practitioner in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

>Better Health Limited, Chester

>www.betterhealth.ltd.uk ... for a better life

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Arwel

A clinic i work in was approached by healthcard plus about 2 weeks ago, but

the rep said they didn't actually cover herbal medicine! They said it was

because their underwriter didnt' want to cover it. I wonder when they changed

their minds?

Helen Gestwicki MNIMH

www.heleng.co.uk

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