High Court orders insurer to reconsider unfair debarment carried out in 2016

The applicant only became aware in May last year that the decision to debar her constituted administrative action.

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CMS Annual Report 2016/17

The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS), regulator of the medical schemes industry, released its Annual Report for 2016-2017 on 5 October, providing a comprehensive report on the status of the private medical schemes industry […]

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CMS to address Undesirable Practices

The Council for Medical Schemes published Circular 39 of 2017, calling for industry input on its intention to declare certain practices irregular or undesirable. Regulation 8 of the Medical Schemes Act entitles medical schemes […]

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Advanced Medical Scheme Broker Training

The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) will be hosting a one day consultative “Advanced Broker Training workshop for accredited healthcare brokers. This initiative is in response to a request by healthcare brokers who […]

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Fee Adjustments

Bad news and good news – Both the FSB and the Council for Medical Schemes have published fee increases. FSB Fees The previous notice was published on 24 March 2015, and signed by the then […]

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CMS Guidance for 2017

The Council for Medical Schemes’ “Circular 48 of 2016: Guidance on benefit changes and contribution increases for 2017” contains the requirements for the assessment of the benefits and contributions for 2017. Apart from […]

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