The Special Investigating Unit says it is actively targeting fraudsters in the private healthcare sector. Fraud, waste and abuse is costing the private healthcare system more than R22-billion, and if you submit false claims, you could face more than just being terminated from your scheme, the Council for Medical Schemes warned at its summit on..
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Billions are lost due to Doctors, hospitals and medical aid members collude to commit fraud
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More ‘money wasted’ and there are lots of concerns over incomplete Free State drug treatment centre
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The Portfolio Committee on Social Development wants to have a meeting with the National Treasury and the Department of Public Works as to why a drug treatment centre in the Free State has not been completed. In a statement the committee said the facility has been under construction for three years without any progress. This..
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Here’s a view on what the 2019 budget means for healthcare consumers
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National Health Insurance (NHI) is critical to creating a quality functioning healthcare system for all South Africans and it is good to see that Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Budget Speech covered areas such as increased funding for certain diseases and improved service delivery in the public sector. Healthcare in South Africa can only work if..
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Algemene Bestuurder van die Raad van Mediese skemas word geskors nadat dit aan die lig gekom het dat hy raad mislei het rondom besluite geneem ten gunste van seker organisasies
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Die Raad van Mediese Skemas het hul Algemene Bestuurder, Stehen Mmatli geskors. Hy word daarvan beskuldig dat hy die Raad doelbewus mislei het rondom besluite wat geneem is ten gunste van sekere organisasies. Hy is glo finansieel vergoed vir die “gunste” wat hy aan die partye betoon het en dui op die korrupsie wat tans..
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Jong dokters, wat deur die ANC regime verplig word om sogenaamde gemeenskapsdiens te doen nadat hulle af studeer, is nou nog nie betaal vir dienste gelewer vir Januarie
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Sowat 200 jong dokters wat uitgeplaas is in die Sentraal Transvaal omgewing deur die Gauteng Departement van Gesondheid, is woedend omdat die verskuldigde salarisse nie betaal word nie. Met die opmerking, “Geen betaling, geen werk” het die jong geleerdes hulle stem duidelik laat hoor nadat die Departement in gebreke gebly het om hulle te betaal…
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Still shopping for a new medical aid? Here are 21 ways to cut your medical costs
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Money’s tight for everyone – whether you have a medical scheme, a hospital plan, or nothing. Here’s how to get the necessary treatment without breaking the bank.
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Let’s have a look at why doctors and nurses are facing unemployment
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It’s the age of austerity and it’s bad news for doctors, nurses and patients alike — unless the state can do more with less.
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Discovery klaarblyklik meer ingestel is op winsbejag as op dienslewering aan pasiënte – pasiënte wat by sekere hospitale inteken moet nou ‘n ekstra R5000 opdok
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Die mediese skema Discovery het op ‘n baie laat stadium aangekondig dat pasiënte wat by sekere hospitale inteken nou ‘n ekstra R5000 sal moet opdok of na ‘n goedgekeurde kliniek moet gaan. Die reëling sal van 1 Februarie 2019 geld en doktors is glad nie gelukkig met die aankondiging nie. Kenners wys daarop dat die..
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Children in South Africa’s aren’t getting the mental health care they need
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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has received increased scientific, clinical and public attention over the past few decades. It’s the most common psychiatric disorder in children – affecting 2% to 16% of the school going population.
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Be careful, your favourite birth control might put you at risk of HIV?
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We could be just months away from knowing whether Depo-Provera use is linked to a higher risk of HIV infection in women. For more than a decade, obstetrician Coceka Mnyani’s conversations with her patients followed a script.
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