The Council for Medical Schemes has recently released the proposed amendments to Regulation 31 and 32 of the Medical Schemes Act.
Regulation 31 deals with the amounts payable to register a medical scheme, to accredit an administrator, managed care organisation and brokers, as well as to change the name of a medical scheme. It also states the amount payable upon the renewal of accreditation of entities. Regulation 32 deals with the penalties payable for every day which a failure contemplated in Section 66(3) of the Act continues.
Some of the proposed amount changes include:
| Amounts payable | Current | Proposed |
| Application for registration | R8 750,00 | R12 500,00 |
| Accreditation or renewal of accreditation as an administrator | R14 000,00 | R18 000.00 |
| Accreditation or renewal of accreditation as a broker | R1 400,00 | R1 800,00 |
| An appeal contemplated | R2 800,00 | R3 600.00 |
| Accreditation or renewal of accreditation as a managed health care organization | R14 000,00 | R18 000,00 |
Interested persons are invited to submit any substantiated comments in writing on the proposed amendments to the Director-General of Health – mushwm@health.gov.za
Click here to download the Amendment of Regulations document.
