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Price transparency demand emerging
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 05/03/2021
» The Internal Trade Department looks set to require private hospitals to inform people of the prices of an additional 100 medicines and medical services related to the pandemic so consumers can view them before deciding whether or not to receive them.
Profit margin ceiling for hospitals in the pipeline
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 28/02/2020
» The government has pitched the idea of imposing a ceiling on profit margin for medical services at private hospitals as part of efforts to prevent overcharging.
Department to post price lists for hospital services
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 21/02/2020
» The Commerce Ministry's Internal Trade Department will post the prices of 300 medical services offered by various private hospitals on its website later this month so people can view them before agreeing to treatment.
Hospitals getting price rankings
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 12/09/2019
» The government is set to categorise private hospitals based on their medicine and medical service charges so that patients can be informed of prices before they receive services.
State to tackle host of prices
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 23/08/2019
» The government is pledging to tackle the prices of oil palm, coconut, fertiliser and private hospitals' services as it tries to improve farmers' income and ease consumers' costs of living.
Hospital price data sought
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 10/08/2019
» Thirty-seven private hospitals have been ordered to submit information on the actual costs and their listed prices of drugs, medical supplies and medical services to the Internal Trade Department by Aug 31 or face legal action.
43 hospitals miss pricing deadline
News, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 08/08/2019
» Forty three private hospitals have been summoned to clarify why they failed to submit information on the actual costs and their listed prices of drugs, medical supplies and medical services to the Internal Trade Department by the July 31 deadline.
Disruptive tech to impact negotiations
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 09/01/2018
» With the arrival of disruptive technology, negotiators say trade talks will no longer centre on only tariff and non-tariff measures, social issues, labour, human rights and geopolitics, but also strategic partnerships in the services sector, intellectual property, value-added goods, technology transfers and human resource development.
South Asia in urgent call for Thai rice
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 17/07/2017
» Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are in talks with Thailand for an urgent purchase of 400,000 tonnes of rice to replenish their falling stocks, says the Commerce Ministry's Department of Foreign Trade (DFT).
Pick of rice market venue soon
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 20/03/2017
» The government is expected to decide on the venue for a central market for milled rice as a distribution channel for traders and farmers by mid-year, at a cost of 300-400 million baht.