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Managed care key to ultimate survival of medical schemes Managed care initiatives will prove vital to the ultimate sustainability and survival of the South African medical scheme market.
Discovery: 6% membership increase Discovery Health now covers 51% of South Africans who are medical scheme members.
Be SA's medical scheme champion The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) has launched a new campaign: they want you to get involved with your medical scheme. The winner could have their scheme contributions paid for three months.
Fewer schemes in SA As South Africa’s medical scheme industry continues to consolidate, with smaller schemes either being liquidated or absorbed into bigger players.
Primary healthcare for domestic workers Private health-care will be available to domestic workers nation-wide at a cost of R170 to the employer, according to a report on Tuesday.
Medical schemes discriminate, says commission The National Consumer Commission wants "discriminatory" rules in medical schemes to be declared unconstitutional.
Is your GP contracted in? If GPs are contracted in to a medical scheme network, they might be pressurised to recommend cheaper treatment options and medications, say SA health bodies.
Your medical scheme and the budget Here's how the latest budget will affect your medical scheme costs.
Biologics not a cure-all, says scheme One of the biggest challenges associated with expensive, niched medicines is managing the false perception that they represent a panacea.