September 2nd, 2020Young South African health technology company Healthcent (Signapps™) has won a prestigious contract with Britain’s National Health Services (NHS) to offer its...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to impact all sectors and medical aid schemes have not been spared. Several solutions are being put forward to support...News Release
The outbreak of COVID-19 is likely to cause serious challenges for mental health services. In any epidemic it is common for individuals to feel stressed and worried,...Weekly Roundup
South Africa’s biggest medical scheme administrators, Discovery Health and Medscheme, have softened their stance on virtual consultations with psychologists and...South Africa
Doctors in private practice, who have already seen a decline in patient visits due to fears of COVID-19 transmission, now face a fresh challenge as medical schemes...South Africa
There was "widespread and consistent" evidence of discrimination in the outcome of investigations into fraud, waste and abuse by the top three medical schemes,...South Africa
After being found to have interfered in a tender process of more than R120m, the former CFO, third in command of the beleaguered Road Accident Fund (RAF), has ended up...Weekly Roundup
Because of their market dominance, there was little incentive on the part of the Big Three medical schemes to drop prices, the health market inquiry found.
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July 3rd, 2019The death of a Northern KwaZulu-Natal woman after a "blackmailing" medical technologist refused to provide dialysis, citing suspended payments by Discovery Health, has...
South Africa’s biggest medical scheme administrator Discovery Health plans to introduce hefty fees to assess the effectiveness of medical devices such as glucose...
