Medical aid schemes and the Board of Healthcare Funders have rejected damning findings from a long-awaited inquiry into racial discrimination and profiling against black practitioners, but health professionals groups say it confirms the experiences of many black practitioners, notes MedicalBrief.
The long-awaited Section 59 inquiry conluded that black practitioners faced a disproportionately higher likelihood of investigation and sanction.
Discovery, the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) and Medscheme were found to have acted unfairly and in a “racially discriminatory manner towards black healthcare providers”, reports Business Day.
The independent investigative panel had been appointed by the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) in 2019 to probe allegations that black healthcare providers were being treated unfairly by medical schemes based on race. …..more
