adminThe association’s chief executive officer Mrs Shylet Sanyanga said, in the meantime, her association continues to encourage member organisations to comply with regulations governing their operations, chief among them, paying all service providers all dues in excess of 60 days.
“We continue engaging our members as well as employer organisations to remit subscriptions to the society but we are still waiting for a decision from the regulator,” she said.
Contacted for comment, Health and Child Welfare Deputy Minister Dr Douglas Mombeshora who is also chairing the Joint Advisory Committee overseeing issues of medical tariffs and compliance of societies with set regulations said he would give a position next week after finalising the issue.
Dr Mombeshora said a public statement would be issued on compliance of medical aid societies as well as on agreed medical tariffs to be charged by service providers.
The deadlock between medical aid societies and service providers started years ago when the former failed to pay up the latter within 60 days as stipulated by the governing regulations.
On the other hand, the societies were also arguing on the cost of medical services by some providers as exorbitant.
This resulted in societies entering into arrangements with particular service providers impacting negatively on members.
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