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Unregistered Locums Arrested

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Unregistered doctors arrested in the Cape

Two doctors, neither of whom is registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA), have been arrested in the Western Cape and appeared in court, reports IOL.

Dr Rasheed Fareed Mahfouz, who appeared in court on Friday and was remanded in custody, was found practising as a locum “while erased from the HPCSA register in 2015 in terms of Section 42(1)(c) of the Health Professions Act”, said Christopher Tsatsawane, head of division for the HPCSA’s corporate affairs.

Mahfouz had been employed by a Dr Augustus, who has since been reported to HPCSA’s complaint-handling unit for misconduct.

In the second case, Ilunga Nzabadi, a Congolese national, was found practising in Stellenbosch.

“Dr Bholat, a registered practitioner, (had) employed Ilunga Nzabadi, who was arrested and taken to Stellenbosch SAPS for contravening Section 17(1) of the Health Professions Act,” Tsatsawane said, adding that Bholat has also been reported to the complaint-handling unit.

The two registered medical doctors have since been reported to the HPCSA’s complaint-handling unit for misconduct.

The HPCSA requests registered practitioners to refrain from employing unregistered persons as this poses a serious risk to the health and lives of the unsuspecting public. Practising whilst not registered is a criminal offence.

Members of the public can verify a medical practitioner’s status by calling the HPCSA’s call centre on 021 338 9300/1.

 

 

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MediPos under curatorship

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Post Office’s MediPos under curatorship

After years of financial difficulties, MediPos, the medical aid provider for SA Post Office (Sapo) employees, is to be placed under curatorship, after an order secured by the Council for Medical Schemes from the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria).

On numerous occasions, Sapo has failed to pay staff medical aid contributions to the medical aid provider on time. In October last year, it was ordered to pay R4.5m in contributions to MediPos by the Labour Court after litigation by Solidarity. By November, it again failed to pay contributions.

The curatorship comes as Sapo attempts to cut salary spending, including through job cuts, reports TimesLIVE.

Sapo spokesperson Johan Kruger said it had been looking to end the “in-house” provision of medical aid benefits to employees and wanted to give them the freedom to choose their own providers.

He said that although post-retirement medical aid benefits were stopped in 2005, the liability of those who were already in the system was high and only grew after they added beneficiaries over the years.

“Over the past 11 years, Sapo has covered these post-retirement medical aid benefits to the tune of R1.3nn. This liability has to be removed from the balance sheet, hence the buy out process (cash amounts offered to the holder to stop the medical aid) has started,” he said.

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2023 Old Mutual Insurance Medical Tariffs

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2023 Medical Examinations Tariff Codes and Fees
General Practitioners
Tariff code Description Fee (In ZAR)
incl. VAT		 Fee (In ZAR)
excl. VAT
A1102 Standard Medical Report R 726.29 R 631.56
A1103 Short Medical Report R 363.17 R 315.80
A1401 Medical Questionnaire or Personal Medical Attendant Report (PMA) ‐ with copies of previous reports and test results R 470.05 R 408.74
A1403 Completion of Special Questionnaire ‐ Diabetes or HIV (Greenlight Only) R 391.67 R 340.58
A1301 Resting ECG only (12 leads) R 430.73 R 374.55
A1302 Effort ECG (including resting, immediate post‐effort, 3 and 6 minutes post‐effort tracings) R 626.58 R 544.85
A1306 Lung function test with vitallometer R 391.67 R 340.58
Specialist Physicians (Only paid if Old Mutual request specifically that medicals are to be done by a Specialist Physician. If not, it will be paid at the published General Practitioner rates)
Tariff code Description Fee (In ZAR)
incl. VAT		 Fee (In ZAR)
excl. VAT
A2100 Standard Medical Report ‐ with copies of specialist’s reports or special investigations R 1,464.50 R 1,273.48
A2300 Standard Medical Report and Effort ECG (including resting, immediate post‐effort, 3 and 6 minutes post‐effort tracings) with copies of
specialist’s reports or special investigations		 R 2,091.07 R 1,818.32
A1302 Effort ECG (including resting, immediate post‐effort, 3 and 6 minutes post‐effort tracings) R 626.58 R 544.85
A4103 Medical Questionnaire or Personal Medical Attendant Report (PMA) with copies of previous reports and test results R 778.30 R 676.78
A1306 Lung function test with vitallometer R 391.67 R 340.58
Registered Nurses
Tariff code Description Fee (In ZAR)
incl. VAT		 Fee (In ZAR)
excl. VAT
A1103 Short Medical Report R 363.15 R 315.78
3.5.3 Travelling R 256.24 R 222.82
3.5.2 Unkept appointment R 207.85 R 180.74
Sample Collection
General Practitioners, Specialist Physicians or Registered Nurses
Tariff code Description Fee (In ZAR)
incl. VAT		 Fee (In ZAR)
excl. VAT
A1201 Collection of urine sample for pathological examination R 68.53 R 59.59
A1202 Collection of blood sample(s) for pathological examinations (venesection) R 156.77 R 136.32
Counselling
General Practitioners or Specialist Physicians
Tariff code Description Fee (In ZAR) incl. VAT Fee (In ZAR) excl. VAT
A1501 HIV post test counselling R 783.30 R 681.13

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August 2022 Dispensing Fee Change:

 

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