HIF members continue to have access to high-quality and affordable private hospital healthcare29 May 2025With the recent news that Healthscope Hospital Group has gone into receivership, it’s important to reassure our members that they can access high quality local private and public hospital services across Australia1.Category:HIF NewsRead MoreWrite a Comment
HIF welcomes its newest team member, ‘hiffy’, an AI-driven Virtual Assistant to support its member service team05 May 2025HIF 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.Category:HIF NewsRead MoreWrite a Comment
HIF and West Perth Football Club kick off new partnership23 April 2025Health Insurance Fund of Australia (HIF) and The West Perth Football Club (WPFC) have entered a three-year partnership. Category:HIF NewsRead MoreWrite a Comment
HIF has topped Susie and David’s health insurance list for 25 years22 April 2025“We joined HIF in 2000 when we had a young family,” says Susie. “We did our research and found HIF had the best Hospital and Extras cover and premiums. Every year or so, we check all our insurances to make sure they’re still right for us. HIF continues to be the best.”Category:HIF NewsRead MoreWrite a Comment
Glenn Oellermann steps into CEO position at HIF24 March 2025Glenn Oellermann has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HIF, as Justin James concludes his employment after almost five years in the role.Category:HIF NewsRead MoreWrite a Comment
HIF PARTNERS WITH MINDSET HEALTH TO SUPPORT MEMBERS DEALING WITH A RANGE OF CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS17 March 2025HIF has partnered with Australian digital health company, Mindset Health, to provide members with access to evidence based, clinically validated hypnotherapy programs.Category:HIF NewsRead MoreWrite a Comment
We are pleased to announce HIF has reached an in-principle agreement with Healthscope hospitals05 March 2025HIF 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.Category:HIF NewsRead MoreWrite a Comment
HIF delivers lowest premium increase of all Private Health Funds¹27 February 2025Following 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%.Category:HIF NewsRead MoreWrite a Comment
Survey shows more than half of working Aussies are turning up to work exhausted29 November 20242024 Annual HIF Sleep Index score 59.2 (decline from 61.6 in 2023). Australians are significantly more likely to say that poor sleep had a negative impact on them personally this year. Biggest impacts: mental and physical health, decision-making, ability to work and self-care.Category:HIF NewsRead MoreWrite a Comment
The 2023-24 HIF Annual Report demonstrates a continued commitment to member experience, underscored by sustained financial performance06 November 2024HIF has released its 2023/24 Annual Report.Category:HIF NewsRead MoreWrite a Comment