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This category also contains announcements that the Council for Medical Schemes makes.
These posts will be of interest to you if want regulatory information on the medical schemes industry.
If you want to know which medical aid is merging with another medical aid, this is where you need to look.
You can also register on the CMS website, where they will email you information that they have you registered for.
Suspension of Council for Medical Schemes General Manager for Compliance and Investigations The Council for Medical Schemes has announced the precautionary suspension of Mr. Stephen Mmatli. Mr Mmatli has been suspended on full pay, pending the investigation of serious acts … Read more
The Draft Medical Schemes Amendment Bill, 2018, has been released. The Council for Medical Schemes has released the Draft Medical Schemes Amendment Bill for comment. You can download it from this site, here: Draft Medical Schemes Amendment Bill,2018 I don’t find … Read more
The draft NHI Bill has been released. The Council for Medical Schemes has released the draft NHI bill for comment. You can download it from this site here ( note, almost 5MB though- so it will take a while ): DraftNHIBill … Read more
Listeriosis, the causes/ symptoms and prevention. Listeriosis is food poisoning caused by eating food contaminated with the bacteria (germ) known as Listeria monocytogenes. Listeriosis may affect any person but is more dangerous in pregnant women, newborn babies, the elderly, and … Read more
Discovery Health and the University of the Witwatersrand Staff Medical Aid Fund are to merge 1 January 2018 The Acting Registrar of Medical Schemes has approved the merger between the Discovery Health Medical Scheme and the University of Witwatersrand Staff … Read more
Pending liquidation of COMMED The Council for Medical Schemes has issued a Press Release today The decision to liquidate COMMED was taken, with the concurrence of the Council, after taking into consideration reports issued to the Registrar by the provisional … Read more
Constitutional Court rules in favour of Genesis medical scheme. The Council for Medical Schemes has just released Press Release 9 of 2017. The Court has ruled that medical savings accounts can be treated as assets of medical schemes. Why is … Read more
The Council for Medical Schemes has just issued Press Release 8 of 2017 “COMMED placed under provisional curatorship”. For the report from the Council, please click here: PressRelease8of2017 “COMMED” placed under provisional curatorship
Proposed merger between Momentum Health and Metropolitan Health The Council for Medical Schemes have released information. For more information, here is the Circular from the Council (Circular 34 of 2017: Proposed Merger between Momentum Health and Metropolitan Medical Schemes) circular34of2017 … Read more
Non- compliance with protocols and recommended treatment by members Every once in a while an important note comes up that is not really discussed or made “public” by schemes or companies. This IS one of those. The link to the … Read more