The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) has failed in its bid to get the Competition Commission to allow its members to collectively negotiate with healthcare service providers on pricing and prescribed minimum benefits (PMBs), among others, in a bid to arrest the “decline” of the medical aid sector. The BHF’s more than 30 members include Bonitas, the Government Employees Medical Scheme and Medshield. The BHF wants to compel the Council of Medical Scheme to allow medical schemes to offer Low-Cost Benefit Options or LCBOs. Thabiso Tema spoke with Dr Katlego Mothudi is the Managing Director of the Board of Healthcare Funders
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By POWER98.7The Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) has failed in its bid to get the Competition Commission to allow its members to collectively negotiate with healthcare service providers on pricing and prescribed minimum benefits (PMBs), among others, in a bid to arrest the “decline” of the medical aid sector. The BHF’s more than 30 members include Bonitas, the Government Employees Medical Scheme and Medshield. The BHF wants to compel the Council of Medical Scheme to allow medical schemes to offer Low-Cost Benefit Options or LCBOs. Thabiso Tema spoke with Dr Katlego Mothudi is the Managing Director of the Board of Healthcare Funders
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