Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says that schemes cannot request confidential patient information from health practitioners.says medical aid schemes cannot withhold payments that are due to medical practitioners. He urged schemes to follow the law.
Motsoaledi’s comments come after claims of racial discrimination in healthcare. On Wednesday the Council of Medical Schemes said it would probe the allegations that Indian and black healthcare practitioners are not treated the same as their white counterparts. The row in the healthcare sector is getting attention from high up. The Health Minister has now weighed in to clarify the legal standing in the dispute.
“There are two issues, fraud and this issue and we can’t use vigilantism, I strongly discouraged it. The founder the medical schemes can’t use vigilantism to get back money, they have to follow the law, entrapment, there are law enforcement agencies, having said so this part of black and Indians, I am not sure of it.”“I am here to announce publicly; no doctor must submit confidential info to third parties, even I am not allowed to do so.
Why was he not aware of this wrong which is done by the medical aid association
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