Healthcare / General

The continued battle for our souls

An important development has occurred in the subplot of the journey towards reinvigorating the medical scheme industry as we work towards the implementation of the National Health Insurance scheme.

Critical questions for the National Health Insurance

It’s not about the money, but it’s all about the price tag

Affordable cancer care is a delicate and complex balancing act which impacts patient, practitioner and pockets.

Medical aid fraud, waste and abuse

The financial burden of fraud, wastage, abuse and irregular practices that are committed in the private healthcare sector are estimated to add as much as R22 billion per year to the overall annual cost of private healthcare in South Africa as a whole. Dr Bobby Ramasia, Principal Officer of Bonitas Medical Fund, talks about fraud, wastage and abuse and explains how sophisticated systems have been introduced by Bonitas to combat this.