adminministry has already started working on the new tariffs that would be shared with the Zimbabwe Medical Association and the Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ).
Dr Mombeshora is also chairperson of the Joint Advisory Committee involving different health stakeholders formed to bring sanity into the sector.
“We have taken over because they failed to agree,” said Dr Mombeshora.
“We will come up with new tariffs in two weeks time and they are not negotiable.”
He blamed both parties for failing to come up with a common consultation fee saying some of the tariffs offered by the doctors were much higher while those offered by societies were also much lower.
ZiMA is seeking an upward review of consultation fees to US$50 a visit to a general practitioner but AHFoZ insists on current fees. According to ZiMA, general practitioners have been charging US$20 for the past three years and says it is time to review the figure but medical aid societies maintains that most members cannot afford an increase on monthly contributions.
Dr Mombeshora could not say whether Government’s intervention in the impasse would block an upward review of current fees saying they need to assess information available.
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