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The fall of Healthscope: bad luck, bad decisions, or is Australia’s private health model sick?

Rising costs, the Covid pandemic and an ageing population all played a part in the hospital giant’s collapse, which has prompted debate about the sector’s future

The Guardian - AU

nib backs weight-loss drugs like Ozempic as the new 'wonder drugs'

The Hunter-based health insurer is enamoured the drug.

Newcastle Herald

Fitzy to leave NIB on November 30, ready to work on golf handicap

Fitzy recently revealed 'a very serious inconvenient truth'.

Newcastle Herald

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Nib profit growth misses as claims expenses rise

Health insurance company nib has reported a $257.5 million underlying operating profit and a 9.3 per cent rise in group revenue, to $3.3 billion.

AAP

Nib reveals profit on the back of people flocking to private healthcare

The Hunter-based company revealed how much it made.

Newcastle Herald

Australian shares rally ahead of key inflation readout

The ASX200 briefly reclaimed the 8,000 level as traders wait for what one analyst calls the biggest data point of the year for Australia's market.

AAP

'Tremendous leader': Mark Fitzgibbon retires from health insurer NIB

Ed Close had been chosen as NIB's incoming chief.

Newcastle Herald

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Thousands of patients facing healthcare price hikes after negotiations break down between St Vincent’s and NIB

Australian Medical Association is urging both parties to reach an agreement for the sake of patients

The Guardian - AU

'No immediate changes': what nib and St Vincent's health spat means

There could be big ramification for nib hospital cover.

Newcastle Herald

What the region's business leaders really think of the Hunter

One labelled it a 'Goldilocks region'.

Newcastle Herald

NIB reveals how much it will increase health insurance premiums

NIB's increase is above the industry average.

Newcastle Herald

NIB pays shareholders dividend as half-year profits jump

Hunter-based insurance company NIB has recorded a 19.4 per cent jump in profits in the first half of the financial year.

Newcastle Herald

'Personalising the experience': Healthcare's Netflix moment

'Consumers are demanding innovative ways to access products.'

Newcastle Herald

NIB secures $1.6m legal win over unpaid Whitecoat debt

Health insurer NIB can recoup $1.6 million in unpaid debts owed by a former partner which helped develop its highly successful Whitecoat healthcare platform.

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NIB profit up 12.8pct to $92m, but shares sink

NIB shares were down by double-digits after the health insurer missed earnings expectations for the first half and declined to give guidance.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter health fund NIB reports big lift in revenue and profits at its half-year results

Hunter health fund NIB posts strong half-yearly result and dividend increase

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle health insurer NIB's plan to build a chain of NDIS plan providers

NIB moves into the NDIS

Newcastle Herald

Insurer to return $40m in COVID claims 'savings'

More than 600,000 nib members will qualify for the "give back".

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'Volatile' financial markets undermine NIB net profit

NIB's net profit fell 16.6 per cent in the 2022 financial year

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