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The party called for accountability. “The EFF calls for stringent action against all the implicated medical schemes. Furthermore, we call for a complete overhaul of the algorithm systems in place to identify fraud and wastage by medical practitioners and all of those leading these medical schemes to face the full might of the law,” said the EFF. Gems, which was found to be 80% more likely to find black doctors guilty of FWA, attempted to block the release of the damning report. TimesLIVE reports that the scheme approached the court just two hours before it was due to be released on Sunday. ....
Interim report: medical aids discriminated against black practitioners An interim report released has found that Discovery, Medscheme and GEMS have been unfairly classifying black health professionals as likely to commit fraud. Picture: 123rf.com JOHANNESBURG - Medical aid schemes have been found guilty of racially discriminating against black medical practitioners. An interim report released by Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi found that Discovery, Medscheme and GEMS have been unfairly classifying black health professionals as likely to commit fraud. Chairperson of the inquiry, Ngcukaitobi and his panel, held public hearings last year commissioned by the council for medical schemes. The Section 59 report probed allegations by members of the National Health Care Professionals Association who accused medical aid companies of racial profiling, especially when the companies we ....
Panel finds unfair discrimination against black practitioners by medical schemes 19 January 2021 - 12:46 A panel appointed by the Council for Medical Schemes, chaired by advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, has found that black practitioners were more likely to be found to have committed fraud, waste and abuse than their white counterparts by the three biggest medical schemes. File photo. Image: DAILY DISPATCH/LULAMILE FENI Between 2012 and 2019, black practitioners were more likely to be found to have committed fraud, waste and abuse (FWA) than their white counterparts by Discovery, Medscheme and the Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems). This is the finding of a panel appointed by the Council for Medical Schemes to investigate allegations by a number of health-care professionals that they were being treated unfairly by medical aid schemes based on race and ethnicity. ....
Medscheme to review report on racial discrimination against black practitioners 19 January 2021 - 16:49 Medscheme says it will review the interim report by a panel appointed by the Council for Medical Schemes which found there was unfair racial discrimination against some black practitioners by three medical schemes. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/SAMSONOVS Medscheme on Tuesday rejected claims it practised any form of racial profiling when assisting or auditing health-care claims. The largest medical health risk management services provider was responding to the release of an interim report by a panel convened by the Council for Medical Schemes to investigate allegations made by a number of health-care professionals that they were being treated unfairly by medical aid schemes based on race and ethnicity. ....
He has chaired an inquiry into discrimination against Black, Coloured and Indian health professionals by medical aid schemes, which has released a scathing report on Tuesday. ....