News

February 2006

Please find below and update as at 3 February 2006 on Eclipse compliance from Mr Anthony Jeffers, Corporate Business Relations, Medicare Australia...

There are a total of seventeen (17) Health Funds in Production (NB:counting the BUPA Health Funds / Trading names as one).

The following fourteen (14) Health Funds are available for the full suite of Release 3 functionality ("IMC AG", "IMC SC", and "PVF"):
- CDH Benefits Fund Limited (Fund Brand Id: CDH)
- Credicare Health Fund Limited (Fund Brand Id: CHF)
- GMHBA Limited (Fund Brand Id: GMH)
- The Hospital Contribution Fund of Australia Limited (Fund Brand Id: HCF)
- Lysaght Peoplecare (Fund Brand Id: LHM)
- Latrobe Health Services (Fund Brand Id: LHS)
- Mildura District Hospital Fund Limited (Fund Brand Id: MDH)
- Navy Health Limited (Fund Brand Id: NHB)
- Pheonix Health Fund Pty Ltd (Fund Brand Id: PHF)
- Queensland Country Health Limited (Fund Brand Id: QCH)
- St. Luke's Health (Fund Brand Id: SLM)
- Teachers Federation Health Limited (Fund Brand Id: TFH)
- CBHS (Fund Brand Id: CBH)
- Defence Health (Fund Brand Id: DHF)

BUPA also is available for Release 3 "IMC AG" and "PVF", and has the following ten (10) trading names (and associated Fund Brand Ids):
- HBA (Fund Brand Id: HBA)
- ANZ Health Insurance (Fund Brand Id: ANZ)
- CSR Health Plan (Fund Brand Id: CSR)
- Super Members Health Plan (Fund Brand Id: SMH)
- The Card Member Health Insurance (AMEX) (Fund Brand Id: AMX)
- BUPA Australia (Fund Brand Id: BUP)
- Health Cover Direct (Fund Brand Id: HCD)
- Mutual Community (Fund Brand Id: MCL)
- St. George (Fund Brand Id: STG)
- TIO (Fund Brand Id: TIO)

The following Health Funds are available for "PVF" only (Release 3):
- Australian Unity (Fund Brand Id: AUF)
- Medibank Private (Fund Brand Id: MPL)

The following two (2) Health funds have also completed the Release 4 functions "IMC PC", "IMC MB", and "ERA":
- CBHS (Fund Brand Id: CBH)
- Defence Health (Fund Brand Id: DHF)