CMS delays prejudice patients, HMI panel discovers
The Acting Registrar, Dan Lechutjo led the CMS team in the oral submissions to the Panel. He was supported by Paresh Prema, General Manager of Benefits, Anton de Villiers, General…
HMI: Licencing, RWOPS and Quality take centre stage
In today’s session, the Panel sought to understand how the public and private sectors interact with one another. The Western Cape, Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal Departments of Health all made oral…
HMI puts Discovery under microscope
On 3 March 2016, the Health Market Inquiry first heard from Kwanele Asante-Shongwe, who is the founder of the breast cancer advocacy organisation, BreastSens. In her submission Asante-Shongwe drew attention…
HMI interrogates health insurers
Discovery Health Administrator Today, 2 March 2016, Discovery Health Administrator (DHA), led by Dr Jonathan Broomberg, made its submissions to Health Inquiry. DHA is a for profit entity, unlike Discovery…
Panel deepens probe into Healthcare
The Market Inquiry into the Private Healthcare Sector began its third week of public hearings with presentations from the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF), the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS)…
HMI panel grills HPCSA
Health Professions Council of South Africa The last day of the second week of public hearings for the Health Market Inquiry began with submissions and extensive questioning of the Health…
Practitioners bemoan fee structures
On 24 February 2016 the Health Market Inquiry heard presentations from the South African Medical Association (SAMA), the South African Society of Anaesthesiologists (SASA) and the South African Optometric Association (SAOA).…
HMI talks PMBs, price, regulation
The Health Market Inquiry heard today (23 February 2016) from health care professionals in the ongoing public hearings held by the Inquiry’s esteemed Panel headed by former Chief Justice Sandile…
SA HIV Clinicians Society submission to the Health Market Inquiry
The Southern African HIV Clinicians Society is a non-profit membership organisation of over 3 000 health care workers with an interest in HIV in South Africa and the Southern African…
SAFMH Submission to the Health Market Inquiry
For the most part, mental health is a neglected health issue and often, because of the nature of the condition, leaves patients who suffer from mental health problems in need…
Make private healthcare more accessible
SECTION27's submission to the Health Market Inquiry In its submission to the Health Market Inquiry into the private healthcare sector, SECTION27 discusses the importance of an evidence-based analysis of the…
SADAG Oral Submission to the Health Market Inquiry
Mental Illnesses are not considered a serious as other physical conditions The list as stipulated on the 27 Chronic Disorder List and the 270 Diagnostic and Treatment Pairs shows that…