Insurance and finance group Discovery has published its integrated annual report for 2018, revealing what its top executives got paid for the year.
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And the money just keep rolling in:- R20 million payday for Discovery CEO Adrian Gore
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Bonitas:- Price hike and big changes for medical aid plans in 2019
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Medical aid scheme Bonitas is to increase prices across its various plans by a weighted average of 8.9% in 2019 – while also launching two new lower-cost plans.
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Market concentration is plaguing South Africa’s private healthcare market
New Survey: Medical aid members have more choice
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In the battle for a slice of the private healthcare market, there has been significant growth in the number of medical schemes performing well across all sections of the medical aid spectrum. Whilst this means that members get more choice, it also makes the landscape increasingly complex.
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Hier is die 20 beste hospitale in SA
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Die resultate van die nuutste peiling onder pasiënte wat Discovery Health uitgevoer het om die beste hospitale in die land aan te wys, toon sewe hospitale wat al vier jaar agtereenvolgens op die lysie is. Lede van mediese skemas wat deur Discovery Health geadministreer word, het aan die peiling deelgeneem oor die hospitale waar hulle..
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You are paying more for less when it comes to medical aid, does it make sense. Here’s why.
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What are your chances of ending up in a hospital? Higher than you’d think if you are a medical aid member in a large city — and the reason reveals some never-before-seen truths about the country’s private healthcare sector.
A lack of competition within the private healthcare market is fuelling an epidemic of overtreatment — and mystery medical bills — in South Africa, the Competition Commission revealed on Thursday.
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Discovery Health teamed up with Uber for flu shots on the go
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With winter and the dreaded flu season around the corner, Discovery Health has teamed up with Uber to provide flu shots on-demand.
For one day only, Wednesday 18 April 2018, riders in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth………
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Annual Medical Aid Scheme claims expenditure far outstrips inflation by double
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Annual medical scheme claims expenditure rose on average by 11.3% a year over the past decade, far faster than consumer price inflation, which increased on average by just 6.1%.
The Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS) data came from its administrator, Discovery Health.
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Discovery Health recovers R568m through fraud-control activities in 2017
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According to Discovery Health CEO, Dr Jonathan Broomberg, efforts to curb fraud in the healthcare system resulted in R568m recovered on behalf of client schemes in 2017, compared to R405m in 2016. Further, fraud-control activities in which health professionals and others contemplating fraud desist from committing fraud in reaction to visible policing and action by..
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Union tells government to ‘fix the mess’ at KZN’s health department or else …
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Pietermaritzburg – The National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has warned of an all-out strike if the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government does not “step up in fixing the mess” at the provincial health department. The warning was issued by Nehawu provincial secretary Phakama Ndunakazi on Thursday at the conclusion of a march in Pietermaritzburg…
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