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Pan African Urological Surgeons's Association:Change of PAUSA Executive Committee
19 September 2011
SAPPF press release:
Twenty one Medical Professional Associations take the Department of Health to court
posted: 2 Mar 2010
On Monday 22 February 2010, twenty one medical professional associations1 will be in the North Gauteng High Court for three days arguing that the Director-General of Health has not lawfully determined the Reference Price List ("the RPL") for 2009.
The RPL is a list of fees for medical professionals which, in effect, determine the rate at which medical schemes reimburse either practitioners or patients. It therefore directly affects the amount which privately insured patients will be able to recoup for the cost of health services from their medical schemes. Currently, medical schemes do not have a lawful RPL to refer to when determining their members' benefits as the Director- General of Health ("the Director-General") has been prevented, by way of an agreed court order, from determining a 2010 RPL until 28 February 2010.
