News Archive August 2015

Invitation to register on database of suppliers

In accordance with the Scheme`s Supply Chain Management Policy, GEMS may call upon suppliers on their
database by way of requests for quotations, requests for proposals and/or tenders.

The work the Scheme will perform in 2015/2016 may necessitate the provision of various services. Read more >

Invitation to Bid: Provision of Legal Panel Services to GEMS

Provision of Legal Panel Services to GEMS for a period of one year, commencing 1 January 2016. The contract may be annually renewable for a maximum of four successive periods. Read more >

Invitation to Bid: Provision of Quality Assurance Services to GEMS >

GEMS requires the services of a suitably qualified and experienced service provider for the Provision of Quality Assurance Services to GEMS for a period of two years commencing 1 November 2015. Read more >

Proposed PMB changes trigger cost fears>

Uncertainty hangs over proposed amendments related to prescribed minimum benefits (PMBs) covering a range of chronic conditions amid fears that medical aid scheme members, who are currently fully covered for these, will be left to pick up the tab. Read more>

Amendments to Regulation 8 are good news for medical scheme members and the funding industry>

Opening the Board of Healthcare Funders' (BHF) 16th annual conference in Cape Town last night, BHF managing director, Dr Humphrey Zokufa, conveyed three important messages from Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, who was unfortunately unable to attend. Read more>

Medical malpractice under legal scrutiny>

Nurses who don't care about their patients, medical procedures that go badly wrong - these are the horror stories that you hear every day. Read more>

Draft medical aid rules will hurt patients>

On the face of it, the government's aim of protecting chronically ill people from the financial effects of prolonged and expensive medical treatment is laudable. However; the reality is the prescribed minimum benefits provisions of the Medical Schemes Act have not been fairly applied by many medical aids. Read more>

PAYE relief for over-65s who belong to medical schemes>

Taxpayers over the age of 65 who belong to medical schemes may see an increase in their monthly incomes if National Treasury's proposals to amend the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) and provisional tax calculations are implemented. Read more>