Counting the Costs of Medical Aid Fraud
By Terri Chowles, 28 June 2017, ehealthnews.co.za. Acting Principal Officer of Bonitas Medical Fund, Gerhard Van Emmenis, explains how fraud, waste and abuse are the biggest contributors to escalating healthcare costs as the fee-for-service model of payment encourages people to over-charge or over-service for profit. The private healthcare funding industry spent over R150 billion on […]
SA has huge pharmaceutical skills shortage
By Babalo Ndenze, 28 June 2017, timeslive.co.za. The country’s pharmaceutical industry has a huge skills shortage‚ lacking at least 12‚000 pharmacists in order to meet international standards. This is according to the departments of health and trade and industry‚ which were giving evidence at a joint meeting of parliament’s economic development and health portfolio committees […]
Nurse Shortage Worsened by Alarming Bureaucratic Bungling
June 2017, Modern Medicine. South Africa has a dire shortage of registered nurses, yet those wanting to enter the profession are now finding a closed door. The pipeline of registered nurses in South Africa has ‘paused’ – and hospitals and students are being affected by legislative bungles halting the flow of skills into the sector. To add […]