The SGFP functions as an autonomous special interest group of the SAMA. The SGFP endeavours to protect the interests and promote the image of general practitioners nationally and ensures that the GP has a voice in the governing councils and committees of important decision-making bodies, eg Department of Health, the South African Medical and Dental Council, the Council for Medical Schemes, the SAMA, etc.
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News and Announcements
Amalgamation between NIMAS and Resolution Health Medical Scheme - May 17, 2012
Consolidation in the medical scheme industry has emerged as a recent trend as smaller schemes look to join larger partners in order to ensure long-term sustainability. Continue reading
American Medical Association : Practice Management Centre : 2006 - April 25, 2012
15 questions to ask before signing a managed care contract
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Gauteng ready to pilot NHI – Bizcom - April 25, 2012
The Gauteng provincial government has announced plans to kick-start its pilot projects for the National Health Insurance (NHI).
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How govt undermined private health care: Free Market Foundation: Jasson Urbach: 23rd March 2012 - April 11, 2012
Drip by toxic drip, the South African government is slowly and systematically poisoning the private medical scheme and insurance industries in South Africa. Continue reading
NHI pilot will focus on district: Business Day: Karl Gernetzdy and Tamar Kahn: 23 March 2012 - April 11, 2012
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said the pilot project — set to start in 10 districts across all provinces — will deliver ‘service packages’ of primary healthcare services. Continue reading
Government takes first steps to decent healthcare for all. 23-Mar-2012. The Editor, The Times Newspaper - April 11, 2012
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi yesterday unveiled the first practical steps in the roll-out of the National Health Insurance, more than four years after the ANC adopted the plan as a resolution at its Polokwane conference Continue reading
Is the High Court ruling on PMB’s a Pyrrhic victory for consumers? Bizcom - April 11, 2012
John Cranke, Regional Head at PSG Konsult Corporate (PSGKC) comments on the decision by the High Court to dismiss the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) application to have Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs) reimbursed at medical scheme rates (as opposed to at cost). Continue reading
NHI plan now on a roll – Times Live – Sipho Masombuka – 23rd March 2012 - March 26, 2012
SGFP Members in the designated areas are requested to inform us if contacted by the Department of Health.
Five years after the ANC adopted the health plan at its elective conference in Polokwane, and after widespread criticism that it was doomed to fail, Motsoaledi announced that there was “no turning back” in its implementation.
The pilot phase, to be introduced in 10 districts around the country over the next five years, will be run in accordance with a stringent set on “non-negotiables”. Continue reading
WESTERN CAPE WILL PARTICIPATE IN NHI PILOT – MINISTER THEUNS BOTHA - March 15, 2012
Western Cape Health Minister Theuns Botha says that although the Western Cape does not support the National Health Insurance green paper in its current format, it does not mean that the province will not participate in the NHI pilot projects. Continue reading
Motsoaledi starts health overhaul: Source: Business Day via I-Net Bridge - March 6, 2012
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says the government will be advertising 92 hospital CEO posts to correct the issue of wrong placements, wrong qualifications and wrong experience or level. Continue reading
Competition vital to private healthcare: Karl Gernetzky: Business Day, 21 February 2012 - February 22, 2012
GREATER competition is necessary to contain private healthcare costs, while consolidation in the sector may leave room for only a few large providers. Kevin Aron, MD of Medscheme warned yesterday that private hospital costs were unsustainable. He also said perceptions that medical aid schemes were offering less value for money were gaining ground.
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Health standards compliance ‘vital to NHI plan’. By: Wyndham Hartley. Source: Business Day - February 21, 2012
The proposed independent office of health standards compliance was a vital step for the introduction of a National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told Parliament Wednesday, 15 February 2012.
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