Circular 27 of 2023: Guidance on contribution increases and benefits changes for 2024
10 August 2023 | Healthcare | Medical Schemes | Council for Medical Schemes
This Circular outlines the requirements that must be adhered to by medical schemes for the assessment of annual medical schemes contribution increases and benefit changes for the 2024 benefit year.
One of the primary statutory mandates of the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS), as enshrined in Section 7 of the Medical Schemes Act (131 of 1998), is to protect the interests of beneficiaries at all times and to coordinate the functioning of medical schemes. To this end, CMS' primary objective is to ensure that annual medical schemes contribution rate increases remain affordable in order to promote equitable access to quality healthcare and the industry's overall sustainability.
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