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California study suggests more spending can save livesAn insurer in Utah is encouraging consumers to use less medical care, but a study of California hospitals suggests that sometimes spending more really does improve patient outcomes. 19 Oct 2009 07:31 Your NHI fact file - Cape Medical PlanAt the CMP Health Day held on 26 August, Elsabé Klinck of Benguela Health addressed a number of members and staff regarding the government's proposed NHI system. 23 Sep 2009 15:17 Medical aids feeling the pinch, MPs toldAn increasing number of South Africa's 119 medical aid schemes are feeling the financial pinch, members of parliament's health portfolio committee heard on Wednesday, 26 August 2009. 27 Aug 2009 10:13 Oxygen to move to MedschemeOxygen Medical Scheme plans to partner with Medscheme as its new administration and managed care service partner from 1 August 2009. Oxygen was formerly administered by Old Mutual. 24 Jul 2009 11:55 Demystifying ICD-10 codes - Cape Medical PlanThe chances are that you've noticed a whole lot of codes that appear on your various health practitioners' accounts which you've never really understood. These codes form part of the ICD-10 coding system, and it's important to us that you know what these codes mean and how we use them. 10 Jul 2009 14:53 Medical aid could be a matter of life and death - Cape Medical PlanIn a series of shocking events, malpractice in local government hospitals and clinics has allegedly resulted in the death of two babies, and the gross neglect of women in labour. 10 Jul 2009 14:52 Have doctors been handed a blank cheque? - Cape Medical PlanThere has been much concern expressed by both medical aids and medical service providers over the Health Professions Council of South Africa's decision to scrap its system of “ethical tariffs”. 2 Jul 2009 15:51 Road Accident Fund and third-party liability claims - Cape Medical PlanFor anyone who is not a member of a medical aid, handling a third-party liability claim can be confusing, intimidating, and incredibly frustrating. And that's not even taking into account the medical expenses you will incur while waiting for your claim to be processed and paid out. 2 Jul 2009 15:48 Profmed said to be performing well on all fronts
Mum's the Word maternity programme - Cape Medical PlanThe birth of a baby is probably the most important event in the life of any couple - and of course the baby itself! Giving birth involves massive physiological and physical change in the mother and emotional stress for both parents. And pregnancy involves expense. 4 May 2009 12:10 Cape Medical Plan: the democratic medical aid - Cape Medical PlanMedical aids have their origins in mutual help organisations dedicated to the health of their members. With time, most have morphed into large, impersonal businesses where pursuit of sustainability occupies their forebrains. 24 Apr 2009 12:41 Medical aid is not what it used to be - Cape Medical PlanNostalgia's not what it used to be, goes the saying and it also applies to medical aid, which has rapidly and dramatically changed over the last five years. Some say, it has been for the worse. 24 Apr 2009 12:39 Discovery retracts second appeal against CMS
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Speaking after the release of the Profmed 2008 Annual Report earlier in June 2009, principal officer Graham Anderson, said that he was pleased with the performance of the medical scheme during the period under review on a number of strategic fronts. 
Discovery recently retracted its second appeal against two earlier rulings by the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS), which ordered the company to fund its member, Sylvia Erasmus, in full for the use of the anti-rheumatic biologic, Enbrel, after previous treatment with a fully-funded biologic had failed. 
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