How SA’s NHI Bill release was reported to the world media
Under the heading ‘South Africa puts initial universal healthcare cost at $17 billion’, the following is international news agency Reuters’ report on the NHI...
NHI Bill to be unpacked at HASA conference
The Hospital Association of SA (HASA) will host a special session at its upcoming conference on the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill that was...
NHI model will harm entire healthcare system: SAPPF
Although the concept of Universal Health Coverage and access to quality healthcare for all South Africans are supported, the South African Private Practitioners’ Forum...
Impromptu responses to NHI Bill
Within 24 hours of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill being presented by Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize, to parliament and later to the...
Leading minds to unpack FWA issues, Health Compact at IHRM Seminar
Two of South Africa’s foremost health sector commentators, Christoff Raath, of Insight Actuaries and Consultants, and Prof Alex van den Heever, Chair, Social Security...
Upcoming System enhancements- Rules relating to billing guidelines
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GEMS scoops Titanium Access to Healthcare Award
The Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) is this year’s winner of the Titanium Award for Excellence in creating Access to Healthcare, presented during the...
Multi-stakeholder anti-fraud wheels starting to turn…
Lack of effective stakeholder collaboration in South Africa’s health sector was identified by the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) as one of the major root...
Quality, accountability ‘more than just a checklist’
The importance of patient-centred care already prioritised during several healthcare deliberations throughout South Africa this year , was once again emphasised by BHF Conference...
Posthumous Titanium Lifetime Achievement Award for Prof Sam Fehrsen
The late Prof Sam Fehrsen, respected family practice stalwart for more than four decades - and after academic retirement in the late 1990s, founding...
OPINION: Ideology will not fix healthcare in South Africa
The current healthcare rhetoric in South Africa is very concerning for anyone delving deeper into the problems facing the South African healthcare system. The...
NHI ‘better placed’ to reduce waste problems…
National Health Insurance (NHI) will be better placed to reduce administrative, operational and clinical waste currently experienced in the South African healthcare system, BHF...
Trust deficit major FWA challenge
A fragmented industry with a major trust deficit are serious obstacles in the way of addressing the South African healthcare industry’s fraud waste and...
Smart usage of captured data key to effective health system
The sharing of trends and data is one of the most overlooked elements
when it comes to developing an effective healthcare system.
“There is an...
Health Federation launch ‘landmark event’ for public private partnerships
The advent of
the Health Federation of South Africa (HFSA) represents a significant
investment in health by providing a platform for structured engagement between
all stakeholders to...
This week’s Presidential Compact signing major collaborative step to address health...
The
Presidential Compact, just finalised by the nine commissions appointed during
the Presidential Health Summit in October last year to document their
challenges and propose interventions in...
SAPPF: Resolutions taken at AGM
The SAPPF held its AGM at the end of next last month and passed various resolutions on issues pertaining to issues affecting private practice....
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