Only half of South Africa’s medical scheme members back a government proposal that they help fund COVID-19 vaccines for non-members. BusinessLIVE reports that the...Weekly Roundup
The government has no plans to appoint the corruption-hit Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) as administrator of the National Health Insurance (NHI). GEMS has...
January 20th, 2021Some of South Africa’s biggest medical aid schemes practised "unfair racial discrimination" in their fraud, waste and abuse investigations of black healthcare...
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has suffered a major loss in the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) where its attempt to place Sizwe Medical Fund under curatorship was...Weekly Roundup
This has been an exceptional year for medical schemes in that the COVID-19 pandemic led to many clients choosing not to have screening tests and elective procedures....Medico-Legal
The Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) has placed medical scheme Keyhealth under provisional curatorship, Die Burger reports. The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) brought...News Release
The recent recommendation by the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) to freeze or limit member contribution increases to 3.9% for 2021 will bring much relief to already...News Release
The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) has noted with great concern the circular issued by the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) Circular 50 of 2020: Industry update on...South Africa
A proposal by struggling private health sector practitioners to tap into medical schemes funds for advance payments has been turned down by the Council for Medical...Weekly Roundup
Banks, the National Treasury, the Reserve Bank and the government are all offering relief to South Africans hurt financially by the national lockdown. But the medical...
