Private medical aids sustainability, affordability and fraud under cross fire.

 To provide sustainable health risk management solutions, taking in consideration factors such as patients’ needs, quality care, pricing and healthcare value, proves to be a major challenge for medical aids, administrators, managed healthcare professionals and many other players in the health care insurance industry.

Creating a balance between financial sustainability and patient care, demands a fine balance of risk taking. Combined with an estimated R22 billion of fraud annually, the private health sector at the moment faces massive challenges.

The increased hike in medical scheme contribution rates and rising medical costs have been in the media’s spotlight during the these past few months. With no price regulation to guide the tariffs charged by service providers, it is becoming increasingly difficult for medical aid schemes to enhance/maintain sustainability and affordability.

The Medical Aid and Insurance Conference Cape Town, hosted by Trade Conferences International, will assist representatives of the industry to understand the dynamics behind latest developments and how to confront the challenges and take advantage of opportunities.

Policies and regulations, technology and innovations, National Health Insurance, marketing and CRM strategies and implementation, as well as collection and management strategies are all factors effecting the sustainability and future of the medical aid and health insurance industries. This and more will be addressed and discussed at the conference.

The event will feature 16 esteemed speakers over the course of two days. Industry leaders from organisations such as Discovery Health, Netcare, Lifechoice, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Agility Global Health Solutions, The South African Society of Integrative Medicine, Life Healthcare Group, Werksmans Attorneys, together with others, will share with delegates the necessary knowledge to equip them with the tools to negotiate the industry’s future.

As with Trade Conferences International’s other events, topics have been carefully selected through research and through assistance from our esteemed speaker panel.

The conference will take place at Southern Sun, Cape Sun Hotel in Cape Town.

Trade Conference International is looking forward to welcoming all delegates to this top quality conference.