Healthcare

UHAC calls for implementation of full package of HMI recommendations to improve SA’s private healthcare system

The government’s proposal to implement only minor selected recommendations of the five-year-old Health Market Inquiry (HMI) in order to address high costs of private healthcare will “do nothing” to advance urgently needed reform of both public and private healthcare.

The AI impact: are medical schemes ready for the next frontier?

The health and pharmaceuticals sector stands on the brink of a transformative shift driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), with profound implications for medical schemes.

Courts reinforce RAF position that it should not pay medical expenses already paid for by Medical Schemes

The Road Accident Fund (RAF) welcomes a recent judgment handed down in the Gauteng Local Division reinforcing the Fund’s stance that it is not obligated to reimburse medical aid schemes for costs incurred on behalf of their members.

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