Five new hospitals are among the top 20 hospitals in the country this year, according to the Discovery Health outreach. Busamed Hillcrest Private Hospital (Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) has been on the list of 20 best hospitals for five years. Discovery Health first released the results of a survey in 2014, filling out members of the medical..
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For those of you who can afford medical aid, here are the top 20 hospitals in SA
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Mom dies after Discovery Health ‘stops paying doctor for dialysis treatment’
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The family of a Northern KwaZulu-Natal woman who collapsed and died are seeking legal advice about pursuing a civil claim against a medical aid scheme for allegedly suspending payments for her dialysis treatment. The 53-year-old died earlier this month after missing four dialysis sessions. She had been on dialysis for two years. Discovery Health had..
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Future of SA private healthcare is looking ill
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SA’s private healthcare sector is under pressure to reform and adopt alternative billing models while the traditional fee-for-service model is coming under pressure, says Icon Group COO Dr Ernst Marais. The shrinking economy – with the country’s gross domestic product taking its biggest plunge since the 2008 global financial crisis, a 0.8% decline in household..
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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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Suid-Afrikaners is woes kwaad oor die Discovery-groep se swart aandeelhouer planne en wil van fondse verander, hoe maklik is dit egter om jou mediese fonds te verander?
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Baie Suid-Afrikaners is so warm onder die kraag oor die Discovery-groep se planne om aan swart deposante ’n 10%-belang in sy nuwe bank te gee dat hulle dreig om Discovery se mediese fonds te verlaat. Die sangers Bobby van Jaarsveld en Steve Hofmeyr is deel van dié groep ontevredenes. Mense wat dit oorweeg, moet hulle..
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Spectramed and Resolution Health merge to form Health Squared Medical Scheme
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Spectramed Medical Scheme and Resolution Health Medical Scheme (Resolution Health) have merged to form Health Squared Medical Scheme, as from 1 January 2019. Independent auditors confirmed that 93% of members voted for the merger, and the schemes have extensively engaged with the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) and, with their involvement, the merger process is..
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Limpopo medisyne krisis – hospitale en klinieke sonder die nodige medikasie tog verklaar Cyril dat alles in SA onder beheer is
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Die vorige stelsel van medisyne verskaffing in Limpopo is vervang met ‘n nuwe stelsel wat nie werk nie, en nou kan hospitale en klinieke nie medisyne bestel nie aangesien die stelsel nie bestellings “per hand” toelaat nie. Weereens word daar nie gemeld wie die verskaffer van die nuwe stelsel is nie maar dit sal sekerlik..
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MEDICAL AID PREMIUMS SET TO INCREASE IN 2019
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Medical aid schemes have announced that the premiums paid by members are set to increase in 2019. Talk Radio 702’s Xolani Gwala spoke to Paresh Prema, general manager of the benefits unit at Council for Medical Schemes, about what medical schemes consider reasons for increasing the premiums. Prema says the responsibility of the council is..
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New drug approved:- Cipla’s new triple-combination antiretroviral drug approved
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The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has approved Cipla’s latest first-line triple-combination antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV.
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Will artificial intelligence change the face of patient care? The question remains … How!!
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There is no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning will change the way healthcare is managed and delivered, particularly in helping patients in tangible and life-saving ways.
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