© Dmitry Ageev [[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>A rise in bogus health practitioners has forced the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) and medical schemes to strengthen their forensics units to curb fraud.
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[[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>We’re human. We’re programmed for instant gratification. Using this principle, Discovery Health has built its very successful Vitality programme, which is a blueprint for other rewards schemes, not only in healthcare, but other sectors too.
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Dr Numaan Mohamood, divisional director of member care, Liberty Health</span>Substantial inroads have been made for funding healthcare in Africa in the last decade. Now, thanks to solid population risk management tools, the potential to attract and sustain medical talent and services in-country has never been better.
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©Andriy Popov via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>The achievement of universal healthcare coverage in South Africa could be thwarted by Cosatu’s opposition to the National Department of Health’s plan to allow the private sector to have a role in the implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI).
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valelopardo via [[https://pixabay.com/en/doctor-tomograph-i-am-a-student-1228627/ pixabay]]</span>According to Patrick Masobe, chief executive officer of Agility Health, healthcare specialists are able to invoice patients and medical schemes in an unregulated fee-for-service environment – in which every service performed has a code and a price tag – with secondary healthcare expenditure eating away at the medical scheme benefits of South Africans.
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Health costs have climbed considerably over the past decade and yet, while healthcare cover remains a grudge purchase for many, talk of cost containment measures can make some consumers question whether this comes at the expense of quality.
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Insight Survey’s latest South African Healthcare Industry Landscape Report 2017 provides a holistic understanding of the healthcare landscape in South Africa based on the latest information and research.
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[[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) has urged healthcare practitioners to consult the council before signing any global fee or other financial or clinical arrangement with medical schemes, because these may violate the HPCSA’s ethical rules.
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[[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>At a press conference about South Africa’s National Health Insurance, the country’s health minister again said that private healthcare serves only 16% of the population. But his claim is misleading.
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©Jakub Jirsak [[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>A consequence of the demarcation regulations coming into force is that up to two million policyholders using insurance products to access healthcare are now uninsured, meaning they have been deprived of their section 27 right to healthcare and their section 25 right to property.
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