Southern Cross welcomes the opportunity to talk with suitably qualified healthcare providers about joining the Affiliated Provider (AP) programme.
If you provide rooms-based services, you can contact a Southern Cross partnership manager to discuss an Affiliated Provider agreement.
For surgical services, the hospital or facility generally holds the agreement with Southern Cross. You should contact the hospitals or facilities you work at and speak to the person who looks after Affiliated Provider agreements with Southern Cross. The hospital or facility will then negotiate an Affiliated Provider agreement with Southern Cross.
To become an Affiliated Provider to Southern Cross, practitioners must:
In addition, we take into account:
The Affiliated Provider programme was first established in 1997 with the aim of ensuring a wide range of New Zealanders have timely, affordable and sustainable access to private healthcare.
Affiliated Providers are doctors, specialists and facilities that provide Southern Cross members with healthcare services at agreed prices. By contracting with healthcare providers, we aim to minimise the impact of rising healthcare costs on members’ premiums, so they can continue to access private healthcare.
Our main aim is to ensure the long-term viability of the private healthcare system for our members, healthcare professionals and healthcare service providers alike.
We aim to improve the affordability of health insurance for New Zealanders by agreeing prices for healthcare services through the Affiliated Provider programme.
The Affiliated Provider programme’s role is to ensure members have easier access to expert private healthcare services from a range of qualified practitioners.
Southern Cross Medical Care Society (trading as Southern Cross Health Society) is a licensed insurer and a licensed financial advice provider. For more information about the financial advice service we provide and a copy of our public disclosure statement please visit southerncross.co.nz/disclosure-statement.
Southern Cross Medical Care Society (trading as Southern Cross Health Society) has an A+ (Strong) financial strength rating given by S&P Global Ratings Australia Pty Ltd. The rating scale is: AAA (Extremely Strong), AA (Very Strong), A (Strong), BBB (Good), BB (Marginal), B (Weak), CCC (Very Weak), CC (Extremely Weak), SD or D (Selective Default or Default). Ratings from ‘AA’ to ‘CCC’ may be modified by the addition of a plus (+) or minus (-) sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories. Full details of the rating scale are available at S&P Global Ratings. S&P Global Ratings Australia Pty Ltd is an approved rating agency under the Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2010.
