HIF News

Recently we’ve heard all levels of government talk about the serious lack of productivity growth in Australia, which stands at a 60-year low.  Former treasury boss Ken Henry called the lack of focus on economic and environmental productivity “robbery” and “a collective failure” to underpin a better future for the next generation. But where’s the health conversation in all this?

As we head into the new financial year, it’s important to be aware of some important information in relation to your Tax and your Private Health Insurance. 

HIF is proud to introduce its first AI-driven Virtual Assistant, hiffy, to be used by its member service teams to help continually improve the speed, consistency and accuracy when responding to member queries.

Health Insurance Fund of Australia (HIF) and The West Perth Football Club (WPFC) have entered a three-year partnership. 

Glenn Oellermann has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HIF, as Justin James concludes his employment after almost five years in the role.

HIF has partnered with Australian digital health company, Mindset Health, to provide members with access to evidence based, clinically validated hypnotherapy programs.

HIF is committed to providing the highest quality and best value private hospital cover options for our members.  To meet this commitment, we hold agreements with over 500 private hospitals, across Australia, which are regularly reviewed to ensure charges are fair and reasonable for our members.

Following the Australian Government’s approval of the average cost of private health insurance premiums at 3.73%, HIF has delivered an average rate projected increase of 1.91%.