Medical schemes regulator hits back at Board of Healthcare Funders
The medical schemes regulator has hit back at one of SA’s key industry associations, denying allegations by the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) that it has abused its power and accusing the organisation of paying media outlets to attack it.
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) released a 30-page response to a leaked legal letter sent by the BHF on February 16 to CMS chair Thandi Mabeba and health minister Joe Phaahla, denying accusations that it had abused its power to place schemes under curatorship, wasted money on unnecessary litigation and failed to comply with the Medical Schemes Act’s requirements that it regularly review the prescribed minimum benefits...
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