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Minister Motsoaledi endorses medical schemes regulator’s new plan for the NHI

06 April 2018 | General

It is all systems go for the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) following the Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi’s endorsement of the regulator’s new plan for operation in the National Health Insurance (NHI) environment. Addressing the CMS staff, Minister Motsoaledi applauded the regulator for the proactive initiative in aligning its vision for functioning within the NHI environment.

Claims data from Discovery Health Medical Scheme, give insight into country’s healthcare trends

05 April 2018 | General

Discovery Health and Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS), the country’s largest open medical scheme with over 2.7 million members, today released insightful data into medical aid claims trends for the past year. DHMS paid over R50.6 billion in claims in 2017*, with R26.3 billion of those claims going towards hospital claims and R2.9 billion towards chronic conditions. Dr Jonathan Broomberg, CEO of Discovery Health, said that the claims trends reflect the Scheme’s commitment to its members; “These claims trends reflect Discovery Health’s and DHMS’ commitment to ensure access to quality care for all Scheme members. In an environment where medical inflation continues to outstrip consumer inflation, our responsibility to the Scheme and its members is to manage their contributions and benefits in such a way that members have peace of mind when it comes to their healthcare needs.”

We can make a difference

04 April 2018 | General

Whenever the media attends the release of claims statistics from major insurers, the causes of disabilities and critical illnesses remain mostly the same.

Medical Aid tax credits and the NHI

03 April 2018 | Medical Schemes

‘Medical expense tax credits are effectively used as an ‘expense’ when calculating tax and reduces the amount of tax payable by a household which belongs to medical aid,’ explains Gerhard Van Emmenis, Principal Officer of Bonitas Medical Fund.

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