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Maximising member value

26 June 2015 | Medical Schemes

Addressing members at the 79th AGM of Fedhealth, Fedhealth Principal Officer, Peter Jordan said that Fedhealth had experienced a challenging year in 2014 with healthcare expenditure rising mainly due to unregulated prices and an increase in utilisation by members.

New GTC Healthcare research reveals that navigating medical aid plan choices is unnecessarily complicated

09 June 2015 | Medical Schemes

Choosing a medical aid to suit an individual or family's needs remains a daunting task, and unnecessarily so.

CMS warns the public against unaccredited healthcare broker Nyameka Stella Booi

12 May 2015 | General

The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS), regulator of the medical schemes industry, would like to warn the public to act with caution when dealing with Nyameka Stella Booi (Ms Booi). Ms Booi is not accredited in terms of the Medical Schemes Act 131 of 1998 (MSA) to render broker services as a healthcare broker.

The domino effect: What does healthcare hold in store for us in 2015?

05 May 2015 | General

The digital era has birthed the new ‘connected’ world of empowered consumers and changing expectations. This new world affects all industries, including healthcare. Dr Ali Hamdulay from Metropolitan Health, a leading healthcare company managing health benefits for more than three million South Africans, explores what this changing world means for medical schemes and South African healthcare.

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