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Medical aid news is where blog posts containing information concerning the medical aid industry; product changes to medical aids; announcements from the Council for Medical Schemes and anything related to the medical aids or the health industry are placed.
Posts placed in the blog are kept and not deleted. This is because, they provide an interesting timeline with respect to when and how changes in the industry have happened. (this is other than all posts between 2014- 2016 that have been lost due to a technical issue).
This is what Discovery Health have notified regards the Constitutional Court ruling regarding medical Savings accounts The post about this Constitutional Court ruling, can be read here. What follows is the notification that Discovery Health released yesterday: Constitutional Court judgement: … Read more
The FIA Awards Winners have been announced. Short Term Insurer of the Year – Personal Lines: SANTAM Short Term Insurer of the Year – Commercial: RENASA Short Term Insurer of the Year – Corporate: SANTAM INSURANCE Underwriting Manager of the … 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
What does Momentum Health offer in 2017 There have been some searches looking for information on Momentum Health this year. They had a “weighted” increase of 11% for 2017. Plan specific increases could range from 8.9% to 15%. Without going … 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
Medical Scheme Benefit options 2017 It is always handy to have a summary of the Schemes and their benefit option statuses for the year ahead. So, I sometimes publish the report from the Council for Medical Schemes. This is the … Read more
Just out: Press Release 3 of 2017: Acting CE and Registrar of Council for Medical Schemes appointed. The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) announced today, 1 February 2017, the appointment of the Acting Chief Executive & Registrar for medical schemes. … Read more
So, only this morning I get a notification from one of the news sites of issues regarding the Council for Medical Schemes requesting data for a beneficiary registery. Then this press release, regarding the beneficiary register is released by the … Read more