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HFA Workshop Friday 27 July 2018

Please Join us on the 27 JULY 2018 at 09h30 for Considerations for industry submissions on the National Health Insurance Bill (NHIB), the Medical Schemes Amendment Bill (MSAB) and the Health Market Inquiry (HMI) provisional report

Workshop Details

Date: 27^th July 2018
Time: 09h00 – 12h30
Venue: Glenhove Conference Centre, 52 Glenhove Drive, Melrose North.
RSVP to Maureen Litchfield at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for catering purposes

Programme

09:30 to 10:00 Registration (Coffee / Tea)
10:00 to 10:10 Welcome and introduction – Lerato Mosiah, HFA CEO
10:10 to 11:10: Setting the Scene
10:10 to 10h20: An overview of the NHI Bill, the MSAB and the HMI provisional report and their impact on the country’s healthcare system - Barry Childs, Joint CEO of Insight Actuaries and Consultants
10h20 to 10h30: A review of the NHI - Roseanne Harris, Health Policy Actuary at Discovery Health
10h30 to 10h40: An overview of the legal aspects of the two Bills and the HMI provisional report - Elsabe Klinck, CEO of EKA
10h40 to 11h00: Coffee/Tea
11h00 to 12h00: A question and answer session where expert panellists Elsabe Klinck, Roseanne Harris and Barry Childs will provide information on key aspects of the proposed Bills and the HMI provisional report, including:
- Proposed changes to the broker regime
- Impact to schemes of changes to waiting periods
- Contributions: impact of the income-based approach
- Corporate governance of schemes
- Powers of the Registrar in the context of circulars becoming ‘law’
- Powers of the Council
- Scheme options
- Definition of a dependent
- Readmission of members
- Beneficiary register
- Provider Registry
- Reserve requirements
12h00 to 12h20: Take home points by our three panellists
12h20 to 12h30: The way forward - Lerato Mosiah, HFA CEO
12h30: Closure

Summaries from this workshop are as follows:

NHI, Medical Schemes Amendment Act, HMI sumaries

HFA Consultative Forum – 6 June 2018

Please Join us on the 6 JUNE at 10h00 when Marius Smit from Discovery will present “Using BIG DATA for BIG GAINS in preventing MEDICAL SCHEME FRAUD” and Laurraine Lotter from BUSA will present “HFA and BUSA: STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES for the FUTURE of the PRIVATE HEALTH FUNDING SECTOR”.

Forum Details

Date: 6^th June 2018
Time: 10h00 – 12h30
Venue: Country Club Estate Office Park, 21 Woodlands Drive, Building 2, Woodmead, Johannesburg.
RSVP to Maureen Litchfield at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for catering purposes

Topics

Using BIG DATA for BIG GAINS in preventing MEDICAL SCHEME FRAUD
Speaker: Marius Smit - Discovery
HFA and BUSA: STRATEGIC IMPERATIVES for the FUTURE of the PRIVATE HEALTH FUNDING SECTOR
Speaker: Laurraine Lotter – BUSA

Presentations from this event are as follows:

Notes from Consultative Forum 6 June 2018