Exhibitors & Sponsors
The Annual BHF Conference will offer your organisation an opportunity to be directly involved by means of sponsorship and exhibition. Please contact Mary Manamela on +27 65 814 7891 or email her at marym@bhfglobal.com for more information on the various package options.
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Premium Sponsors
GEMS
The Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) is the largest restricted medical scheme in the country with a principal membership of over 760 000 and two million beneficiaries.
GEMS was established with a mandate to provide efficient, cost-effective and equitable healthcare coverage to public service employees.
At the core of its mandate, GEMS seeks to provide all members with access to affordable and comprehensive healthcare. Its vision is to drive transformation in the healthcare industry and retain its position as an excellent, sustainable and effective medical scheme.
GEMS offers six healthcare benefit options that were each designed to help public service employees and their families to get the best possible healthcare at the most affordable rate.
As South Africa’s largest restricted Scheme, GEMS has the lowest non-healthcare expenditure which means more benefits for members and their beneficiaries. The Scheme’s flagship benefit options, Tanzanite One and Emerald Value Option (EVO), continue to perform exceptionally well, which serves to highlight the outstanding service that GEMS provides to members. This is also evidence of the fact that GEMS remains a member-centric scheme which is deeply connected to the needs of its members. Public service employees on employment levels one to five may qualify for 100% subsidy of their contributions on the Tanzanite One benefit option subject to terms and conditions.
GEMS aims to ensure that contributions remain low to provide access to quality healthcare at the lowest possible rates, while providing rich benefits to its members. The Scheme’s EVO remains its best performing option, as it has the lowest monthly contribution increase among all options, which make sense for members to stay or switch to this option. The option is designed to minimise member exposure to out-of-pocket payments, which remains a major challenge for those who belong to medical schemes. EVO is more affordable because members make use of a network of healthcare providers and nominate a general practitioner of their choice to coordinate their healthcare needs.
GEMS has received accolades from the Institute of Risk Management South Africa for innovative and outstanding risk management. GEMS won the BHFs’ Titanium Award for access to healthcare at the last conference and was recently recognised by the Top Employers Institute as one of the top employers in 2022.
Patients first, always
Universal, the largest independent health and technology company of its kind in South Africa, has been one of the fastest-growing in the healthcare industry over the last decade.
Touching the lives of some 10-million people worldwide, this specialist-integrated healthcare and technology company has a multi-national footprint with offices in South Africa and the United States.
Owner-managed and run by a hands-on entrepreneurial team with a passion for delivering excellence and a strategic vision for sustainable, appropriate healthcare, Universal is a leader in third party administration, integrated healthcare management, managed care, pharmaceutical benefit management, corporate wellness, insurance, and a variety of novel innovative health technology services developed in Silicon Valley, USA.
Patients come first at Universal, and we always ensure they have access to the best and most appropriate care available. Our personalised healthcare management approach and patient care are what sets us apart. This, together with our sophisticated and proprietary IT systems, patented transaction rules engine and international evidence-based medical protocols is why more than 30 healthcare funds have entrusted us with their members.
The way we conduct our business in healthcare, permeates not only through the benefits offered by every medical scheme we administer and manage – but also in the way we interact with those with whom we come into contact.
Our purpose is to help patients who are ill get better. And, to help those who are well, live healthy lives so they can remain well. We partner with healthcare professionals to practise quality medicine that is both scientific and evidence-based, always with a caring approach. We are committed to being a trusted medical advocate that speaks for patients when they are unable to do so. Our purpose and values resonate through every fibre of our organisation and attention to detail, together with ongoing innovation, ensures that we continue to provide patients with access to world-class healthcare solutions at an affordable price.
We have made significant strides in developing innovative new healthcare products and services to enhance our offering to our clients. One of the latest products in our product range is uConsult, currently the one of the most comprehensive virtual consultation platforms any patient and healthcare provider could wish for. The uConsult clinical toolset enables healthcare providers to extend their online service offering to patients.
Headquartered in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Universal.one, Inc. is the latest addition to the Group. Our technology centre is in San Francisco in the heart of Silicon Valley where our dedicated Innovation Team operates from and where we have access to the finest global talent. Our multi-national team of technology and healthcare experts, now operates from a number of locations across the world.
Phakamisa
Phakamisa v/t [phaga’mi:sa]: IsiZulu for elevate, lift, raise, uplift, upliftment.
Phakamisa is AstraZeneca’s access to healthcare initiative in South Africa.
Through partnerships with multiple healthcare stakeholders we aim to improve the health outcomes for patients in South Africa and reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases on South Africa’s public healthcare system. The Programme specifically addresses early detection of disease, promotion of primary prevention, and access to care.
Phakamisa is delivered through a three-pillared approach – Training, Awareness and Access – with a current focus on improving breast and prostate cancer management in the public sector.
AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca is a global innovation driven biopharmaceutical company pushing the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines.
OUR VISION OF TOMORROW INSPIRES OUR ACTIONS OF TODAY
Science can change our vision of the world and how we deal with the diseases that affect us. The future of treatment for many of today’s diseases lies in uncovering disease mechanisms that are newly emerging or are still to be discovered. Science challenges us to push the limits of what is possible to deliver life-changing medicines for patients in Africa. This is why we put science at the centre of everything we do.
OUR THERAPEUTIC AREAS
We market medicines that are designed to improve the health and quality of life of patients, focusing on 3 main therapy areas: Respiratory and Immunology; Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism (CVRM) with newer treatments in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus being our core strength; and Oncology with targeted and immune-oncology therapies being the future portfolio in cancer management.
WORKING WITH OUR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS (HCPs) IN AFRICA
We engage extensively with our HCPs, from participation in clinical trials and as part of our sales and marketing work, ensuring that clinicians have the best access to information about our products in order to make appropriate treatment decisions, delivering better patient care.
PARTNERING WITH GOVERNMENTS AND POLICY MAKERS IN AFRICA
Our Continent’s future social and economic development will depend on an equitable and inclusive healthcare system that is able to respond to the healthcare needs of all Africans. At AstraZeneca we are committed to working with governments, policy makers and regulatory bodies across our markets on healthcare reform to deliver a sustainable solution that ensures patients encounter fewer barriers to treatment.
SUPPORTING OUR PATIENTS AND COMMUNITY
Our commitment to improve health outcomes for African patients extends far beyond our medicines. We offer programmes that advance patient health and access along the care continuum and provide reliable support networks.
When we see an opportunity for change we seize it and make it happen, because an opportunity no matter how small can be the start of something big.
Platinum Sponsors
Insight
Insight is the leading provider of independent actuarial advice and analytics services in the local healthcare market. Our consultants provide actuarial and consulting support to our clients in over 30 African countries. From large open schemes to small single employer restricted schemes, our consultants are accustomed to tailoring their advice to take account of each client’s unique context. Our services include actuarial consulting, provider benchmarking, provider reimbursement modelling, health policy consulting, quality measurement, business intelligence and strategic analytic services. Our unique service offering is underpinned by a multi-disciplinary understanding of the actuarial discipline, IT systems and clinical considerations.
AfroCentric
The AfroCentric Group is the most diversified healthcare company in Southern Africa, with more than 3.8 million lives under management (39% market share) serviced in the region. The Group is a majority black-owned, JSE-listed investment holding company with a focus on health administration, health risk management, pharmaceuticals, wellness and disease management as well as health-centric information and communications technology-based solutions.
Medscheme
Medscheme is the largest health risk management services provider and is among the leading medical scheme administrators in South Africa, with almost 4 million lives under management. Its clients include many of the country’s major medical schemes Bonitas, Fedhealth, GEMS and Polmed, as well as several other medical schemes.
Allegra
Is a tech-based contributor to the medical sector that empowers healthcare communities by providing access to information that enhances total individual care. Allegra strives to seamlessly gather and share vital information with appropriate healthcare providers, funders and other stakeholders, ultimately resulting in enhanced quality of life for patients.
AfA
Over the last two decades, AfA’s programme has evolved to become what it is today – a powerful partner to our beneficiaries, their treating doctors, employers, medicine dispensaries and healthcare funders. Shaped by years of clinical research and extensive expertise, AfA’s methods are considered the industry standard by healthcare professionals both locally and abroad. We bring measurable value to all our stakeholders by offering a holistic solution to all aspects of HIV and chronic disease care.
TCHM
The Cheese has Moved is a multi-award winning, full –service advertising and marketing agency, specialising in strategy, creative conceptualisation, execution and implementation across all marketing platforms and channels.
DENIS
DENIS has 25 years of experience as a managed care company and its focus is entirely on dental management. With DENIS being part of the AfroCentric Group, it adds to the Group’s diversity as focused dental managed care is now a new product to offer to all its medical scheme clients.
Klinikka
Klinikka is the licensed operator of the Documentation Based Care (DBC) Concept in Southern Africa. The DBC concept provides individualised, evidence-based and inter-disciplinary treatment for the management of chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Klinikka licenses the DBC treatment concept & provides DBC Equipment and administration services to 27 independently owned treatment centres in Southern Africa.
Scriptpharm
Klinikka is the licensed operator of the Documentation Based Care (DBC) Concept in Southern Africa. The DBC concept provides individualised, evidence-based and inter-disciplinary treatment for the management of chronic musculoskeletal disorders. Klinikka licenses the DBC treatment concept & provides DBC Equipment and administration services to 27 independently owned treatment centres in Southern Africa.
AfroCentric Wellness Solutions( Formally known as Wellness Odessy)
Provides people-centric wellness solutions that identify non-communicable clinical risk; promote awareness and supply educational material; refer designated high-risk members to established disease management programmes; and provide home-based care services to scheme members.
Mmed
Is a specialist procurer and distributor of affordable pharmaceutical, surgical and medical products and devices. It has distribution agreements with several multi-national manufacturers with a national footprint. MMed partners with private hospitals and improves their cost-efficiency by providing a fully outsourced stock supply and management service.
Pharmacy Direct
Distributes and delivers chronic medication to urban and rural areas for medical scheme clients and government’s CCMDD programme.
The Heart of Rand Mutual Assurance
Caring | Compassionate | Compensation – Since 1894
Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA) was founded in 1894 by three mining companies as a mutual assurance company to insure and administer workmen’s compensation benefits.
It was incorporated as a public company, and, as a mutual association, all policy holders automatically became shareholders. Years later, the South African government implemented legislation to regulate workers’ compensation benefits and RMA was issued a licence by the then Minister of Labour in terms of Section 30 of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases (COID) Act (Act 130 of 1993). The licence allowed RMA to continue providing and administering workers’ compensation to the mining sector (Class IV) and was later extended to include employers from the iron, steel, artificial limbs, galvanising, garages, metal, and related industries (Class XIII) on 1 March 2015.
Boasting a history of 128 years of existence, we’ve redefined our reason to exist and purpose as: We believe that workers are the heartbeat of the economy therefore, we pioneer unique value for money social insurance solutions to support their life’s journey.
Given our purpose, we have a significant opportunity to enhance social insurance and therefore partner with Healthcare Providers (HCP) and employer groups seeking to give employees a full suite of health, wellness, and insurance services.
Gold Sponsors
Metropolitan Health
The health group of Momentum Metropolitan, includes the Momentum Health Solutions division and the Metropolitan Health brand that, together, work towards the mutual objective of offering more healthcare to more South Africans for less. Through its healthcare solutions, it currently serves more than 3.2 million South African clients, including individual consumers and employee groups in the retail, corporate and public sectors.
The partnership between major labour unions, exceptionally credible black industry leaders and our company’s capabilities and management competence, gives us the ability to work together to create more health for more people for less. Essentially, we are gearing up to enable universal access to healthcare for all South Africans.
On a macro scale, together with Momentum Health Solutions’ strong leadership team and its wide range of reliable and mature capabilities, the partnership intends to improve the health of our society and the productivity of our nation.
As a well-entrenched, cost-effective healthcare solutioning partner with a proven track record, the Momentum Metropolitan healthcare division prides itself on key differentiators that include enhanced customer experience, end-consumer healthcare solutions, flexibility and scalability of systems and excellent data warehousing and analysis capability. Its fully integrated in-house-developed healthcare value proposition includes membership management; claims processing; comprehensive premium management services; client services; scheme marketing and communications; governance, secretarial, financial and actuarial services; customised e-tools and wellness services.
3 Sixty
3Sixty Health is a 100% black-owned and managed administrator offering cost-effective and innovative healthcare solutions. It is accredited by the Council for Medical Schemes to offer both administration and managed-care services.
Novartis South Africa
Novartis South Africa focuses its business on three divisions with innovation power and global scale: pharmaceuticals, eye care and generics. These three divisions are supported by our research organization, the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR), and a centralized services group, Novartis Business Services, to facilitate collaboration across our divisions, and drive efficiency and productivity gains.
Medipost
Medipost is South Africa’s largest courier pharmacy with a 31-year successful track record in the dispensing and delivery of medication. Medipost specialises in seamless take-on processes and delivery of chronic, HIV, oncology and other speciality medication to any destination in South Africa. We are proud to serve both the medical scheme/private industry as well as NHI chronic patients.
Medipost’s technological advancements have set us apart from the rest of the industry and services are provided in all 11 official languages. Pharmacy personnel are trained in the scheme/client reimbursement rules, and can assist patients in understanding and following the authorization process in order to obtain their medication from the correct benefit.
As part of Medipost’s patient-centric service offering, we provide personal telephonic clinical consultations through our friendly and qualified pharmacists and pharmacists’ assistants. Delivery is free of charge to your destination of choice.
Silver Elite Sponsors
CompCare
Companies that are serious about the health and wellness of their workforce and understand how this translates into improved productivity will benefit richly from a working partnership with CompCare.
One of the most enduring medical schemes in the country, CompCare has an outstanding track record spanning more than four decades. The scheme affords members the freedom to pursue their passions, safe in the knowledge that they are covered by a medical scheme that does not compromise on care. As one of South Africa’s top ten medical schemes and with one of the highest reserve levels among open medical schemes in the industry, CompCare is financially sound.
Known for its competitive product range and customer-focused service, the scheme is well placed to provide attractive savings while offering a diverse, benefit-rich range of products. From executive cover to innovative Efficiency Discounted options, CompCare has a benefit to fit any pocket and lifestyle. All CompCare plans include market-leading wellness and preventative benefits at no extra cost. These benefits are funded by the scheme and will not deplete day-to-day savings.
The customer-centric CompCare approach is rooted in a value proposition that provides a fine blend of affordability, choice and benefit richness underpinned by a personalised approach.
Bronze Sponsors
Dental Risk Company
Dental Risk Company is a leader in dental managed care services with a network over 2351 signed and privately practicing practitioners. Our providers currently service 80% of our 1.37 million lives under administration. Receive excellent client service with DRC as your smile is our priority!
National Hospital Networks
National Hospital Network (NHN) was founded in 1996 to bring together leading independently owned private hospitals and medical facilities under one umbrella; to create effective competition within the private hospital market so as to effect improved cost and quality outcomes for patients.
NHN’s role is to coordinate and provide resources to its members to assist them, particularly in achieving efficient and effective funder contracting, managed patient servicing and input costs that are competitive in the marketplace.
Now one of the largest hospital groups in the country, by the number of member facilities, with a national footprint, offering a range of specialist facilities, general and acute medical facilities.
ICPA
ICPA is an organisation that provides independent community pharmacies with a collective strength and a coherent voice that is heard by government, medical schemes, pharmaceutical suppliers and, importantly, the consumer. ICPA represents a large pool of professionals in the healthcare sector with over 1000 pharmacies, about 2500 pharmacists and 20 000 supportive healthcare personnel spread across metropolitan, urban and rural South Africa. The objective of ICPA is to assist and support its members in securing a sustainable and successful future as independent, owner-managed pharmacies. In addition to this, ICPA strives to foster an understanding of the role that independent pharmacies play in delivering important healthcare services to the communities that they serve.
HaloCare
HaloCare is a managed care organisation that is fully accredited by the Council for Medical Schemes to provide comprehensive disease management services for:
* Cardiovascular
* Hyperlipidaemia
* HIV/AIDS
* Maternity
* Respiratory
* Diabetes (Type 1 and 2)
* Hypertension
* Mental Health
* Oncology
Clients have the option to either contract HaloCare or licence our software for disease management.
Syked
Syked is an online wellness company, that utilizes online and offline coordinated care to empower funder beneficiaries through their mental wellness journey through the use of virtual consultations and curated self-help tools and resources.
About Cipla South Africa:
Cipla Medpro South Africa (Pty) Limited (‘Cipla Medpro’) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cipla Limited, India (‘Cipla’) and third largest pharmaceutical company in the private sector in South Africa. Through Cipla’s ethos of ‘Caring for Life’, Cipla Medpro produces world-class medicines at affordable prices for the public and private sectors, advancing healthcare for all South Africans.
Agility Health
Agility Health provides integrated, modular, and end-to-end administration, managed healthcare, and customer care solutions to medical schemes and insurers.
Key value propositions:
- STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT: Extensive global experience, applied locally
- SPEED TO MARKET: True and intelligent tools with zero dependency on hard-coding expertise
- CHANGE MANAGEMENT: Proven approach to empower stakeholders throughout implementation, and beyond
- RISK MANAGEMENT: Online, real-time strategies through digitised managed care and proactive management of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
- BOUTIQUE BUSINESS MODEL: Customised service centres per customer
- EXECUTIVE INVOLVEMENT: Partnership approach and direct involvement in client relationships
- BEYOND HEALTHCARE: Industry’s most integrated health, wellbeing, financial services, and rewards offerings
CompuGroup Medical
CompuGroup Medical is one of the leading e-health companies in the world. With a revenue base of MEUR 1025 million in 2020, its software products are designed to support all medical and organisational activities in doctors’ offices, pharmacies, laboratories and hospitals. Its information services for all parties involved in the healthcare system and its web-based personal health records contribute toward safer and more efficient healthcare. CompuGroup Medical’s services are based on a unique customer base of more than 1.6 million users, including doctors, dentists, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals in inpatient and outpatient facilities.
With locations in 19 countries and products in 56 countries worldwide, CompuGroup Medical is the e-health company with one of the highest coverages among healthcare professionals. More than 8,500 highly qualified employees support customers with innovative solutions for the steadily growing demands of the healthcare system.
In South Africa, our platforms support a growing community of doctors, dentists and medical professionals and with a team of more than 90 employees, we aim to collectively shape the future of healthcare across the country.
With over 20 years in the Sub-Saharan African market, we have the practical experience and know-how to understand market needs, challenges and opportunities and aim to realise CGM’s global vision of synchronising healthcare by bringing healthcare professionals, pharmacies, medical schemes, and patients together.
Say hello to extraordinary healthcare
Knowledge Objects
Knowledge Objects is an award winning technology player that specialises in automation and risk management solutions for the health, life, wellbeing, and loyalty industries. Using sophisticated Artificial Intelligence and machine learning capabilities, we empower medical schemes to join the 4th Industrial Revolution for enhanced member satisfaction and financial outcomes.
Award-winning technology: Globally renowned for proven, tangible results
Flexible: Easy customisation of rollout, systems and products for exceptional speed to market
Enhanced member satisfaction: Digitised and dynamic healthcare journeys
Change management: Proven strategies for smooth implementation journeys
Automatic risk management: Digitised and fully integrated across all disciplines and levels of care
Dis-Chem
Dis-Chem has been South Africa’s first choice in pharmacies since 1978. With the recent acquisition of the Medicare group and of national baby retailer Baby City, the group now has over 250 pharmacies and 385 clinics nationally. Speak to us about our specialist Mom and Baby clinics being rolled out in Baby City stores.
Regent Business School
REGENT BUSINESS SCHOOL is a private higher education institution offering tech-rich and future focused programs designed to respond to the demands of dynamic and complex industries, including healthcare. Our School of Healthcare Management Studies is the only one to offer a sector-specific MBA in Healthcare Management for professionals from all spheres of healthcare. DISRUPT. RETHINK. INNOVATE.
HPCSA
The HPCSA guides and regulates the health professions in SA in aspects pertaining to registration, education and training, professional conduct and ethical behaviour, ensuring continuing professional development, and fostering compliance with healthcare standards. All individuals who practise any of the health care professions are obliged by the Health Professions Act No. 56 of 1974 to register with the Council.
FirstCare
FirstCare has grown into one of South Africa’s leading Independent Courier Pharmacies, providing a discreet and safe service to patients. Years of training means we have high levels of patient support, advice on medication, and customer service. We utilize the Complienz program to ensure any Drug to drug, drug to condition and drug to food interactions are avoided.
CMS
The CMS regulates medical schemes and ensures that medical scheme members are protected. The CMS protects members by ensuring that medical schemes are financially sound and well run so that they can pay for any health events and emergencies. The CMS also adjudicates complaints from members of medical schemes ensuring that they are fairly treated at all times.
ER24
ER24 is the premier private emergency medical care provider in South Africa. We operate from 59 bases throughout South Africa and provide quality emergency response and pre-hospital care services, supporting both public and private hospitals.
ER24 is wholly owned by Mediclinic Southern Africa which represents the Southern African operations of Mediclinic International.
ER24 is registered with the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) and the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) as an Advanced Life Support ambulance service.
ER24’s integrated service offering – which includes Fund Management services, aeromedical services and evacuations, medical concierge services, medical case management, international patient management, hospital in-patient referrals, medical repatriation, escorting of minors service, and repatriation of mortal remains – positions ER24 as a medical services solution of choice on the African continent.
Contact details below:
Email: 084 124
Contact Number: info@er24.co.za
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ER24Ambulance
Twitter: https://twitter.com/er24ems
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/er24
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ER24EMS
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/er24ems/
Old Mutual
Old Mutual Wealth Treasury and Advisory Services specialises in providing customised discretionary and advisory investment management services to institutional and corporate clients. Our Investment Consultants work closely with clients to develop suitable multi-asset class strategies geared to achieve their long-term investment objectives, subject to compliance with the Investment Policy and relevant Acts and Regulations.
2CANA Solutions
Africa’s undisputed leader in providing modern ICT business solutions to the insurance sector. 2Cana Solutions brings broad experience and deep technical expertise to clients in healthcare funding, administration, managed care, disease management and life and general insurance.
2CANA’s clients in the insurance sector include Bestmed Medical Scheme, Momentum Health, Swazimed, Private Health Administrators, TopMed Medical Scheme, First Mutual Health, Alliance-Midmed, Hollard Insurance Company, Bryte Insurance Company, Old Mutual and Cellmed Health.
Our flagship solution, HiP: Holistic Insurance Platform, provides a complete TPA or self-administered solution for health and general or short-term insurance products. The HiP solution enables you to dynamically and rapidly adapt to the changing market conditions and compliance requirements with innovative products and superior service levels.
3ONE Consulting Actuaries
3ONE Consulting Actuaries provides expert healthcare actuarial consulting services across Southern Africa. Supporting your business with class-leading strategic advice and technical input. Reach out to us to arrange a coffee in-between conference sessions.
Apace
Apace Systems is an international industry leading IT company established in 2014 specialising in delivering bespoke systems (specialising in transactional claims and biometric verification) in the Healthcare Industry.
The Apace solution is: Realtime, Flexible, Adaptable, Cost Effective, Highly Scalable and a Complete System.
At Apace Systems we made it our mission to provide ground-breaking technologies that are adaptive, forward-thinking, secure, and easy to use.
- Cost effective
- Not smartcard dependent
- Realtime integration with administration systems
- Sub second processing times
- Client access to the switch to monitor transactions and processing times
- 3rd party systems or device integrations
- Wide range of products with customisations
We have successfully implemented this innovative solution in various countries in the region including:
Zambia, Mozambique (Portuguese), Namibia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa.
Cure-Vida
CureVida is a HomeCare Service Provider which offers Cost-effective, Quality Healthcare services for clinically stable patients
We partner with like-minded Doctors and our services are subject to Dr’s orders.
Services:
IV Infusions (Antibiotics, Polygams etc.) Renal Dialysis,
Immunizations and Vaccinations,
Rapid Tests,
Woundcare,
Stomacare,
Post-Discharge care,
HRA
Wellness Screening
Workplace PHC Services and Administration.
nationalhealthcare.co.za
National Healthcare Group
A series of ground-breaking healthcare solutions has made National HealthCare a provider of choice in the low-cost emerging healthcare market. Supported by more than 12,000 healthcare providers, leading-edge technology, and financial innovation this fully accredited healthcare administrator and managed care group unlocks true value through reliable, affordable, and accessible care.
ohsc.org.za
Office of Health Standard Compliance – OHSC
The OHSC was created to protect and promote the health and safety of users of health establishments across the country. The entity conducts inspections of health establishments to measure their performance against prescribed norms and standards. The inspections conducted by OHSC are aimed at ensuring health establishments – from major hospitals to clinics, the independent practices of doctors and other health professionals – comply with the legislated health standards.
www.wockhardthospitals.com
New age Wockhardt Hospitals – India
Wockhardt Hospitals is the result of 50-year tradition of caring & innovation nurtured by Wockhardt Ltd, India’s 5th largest Pharmaceutical & Healthcare company with presence in 20 countries across the globe. Wockhardt group is one of the largest chain of multi-speciality tertiary care hospitals in Western India. It is a preferred destination for patients from Europe, USA, Africa, Middle East, and South Asia. Most of the doctors/surgeons have been trained or worked extensively at some of the best medical institutions in the US, Europe, and other advanced countries.
BHF Conference Partners
Med Brief
The Med Brief suite of apps offers healthcare workers from South Africa, Namibia, and East Africa real time medical news in the palm of their hands. Split into high level therapeutic sections, the news is only a click away. Free to all healthcare workers, Med Brief is the only medical news app you will need. Search Med Brief Africa (South Africa), Med Brief Namibia or Med Brief East Africa in any App Store to download the free app now.
Zenith Global Health
Zenith Global Health’s (ZGH) passion is in celebrating excellence in healthcare with healthcare professionals at its core. Zenith Global Health was founded in 2016 by President Ms. Mary Akangbe, a British Nigerian who is not only passionate about the patients who receive healthcare but also the healthcare professionals. She has over 29 years’ experience in the healthcare sector, a surgical nurse who has majored in minimal invasive surgery, health technology & robotics and based in London. At ZGH, we recognize that many healthcare and allied healthcare professionals go beyond the call of duty to ensure delivery and sustenance of quality care for patients globally – and we proudly celebrate this!
Africa Health Connect
Africa Health Connect is a vibrant company offering specialised event management and training for organisations in the health sector across eight countries. Africa Health Connect is your end-to-end solution for board performance evaluation, facilitation for medical scheme strategy sessions, consulting services, and events such as AGMs, conferences, award ceremonies, gala dinners, seminars, launches, and exhibitions.
www.nbphealthcare.co.za
NBP Health Solutions
NBP Healthcare Solutions (NBP) is a 100% Black woman-owned company that helps private and governmental organisations reach out and provide quality and accessible healthcare solutions to individuals by empowering them to promote and model positive behaviors through our specialised healthcare solutions, coaching, and project management.
On Point
On Point Healthcare supports employers to look after the health and well-being of their employees through our health and wellness initiatives. Our core services include Well 2 Care ( basic health screening, promotion, and education) and Support on Hand After Rape (SOAR) which provides rape survivors with treatment against HIV/AIDS.
Lady-D
Lady-D healthcare is a health service provider that is solely own by Sister Doreen Khangale (Registered Nurse). We provide compressive Primary Health Care and quality healthcare with easy access and efficiency. We do virtual consultations and face-to-face consultations.
GEMS aims to ensure that contributions remain low to provide access to quality healthcare at the lowest possible rates, while providing rich benefits to its members. The Scheme’s EVO remains its best performing option, as it has the lowest monthly contribution increase among all options, which make sense for members to stay or switch to this option. The option is designed to minimise member exposure to out-of-pocket payments, which remains a major challenge for those who belong to medical schemes. EVO is more affordable because members make use of a network of healthcare providers and nominate a general practitioner of their choice to coordinate their healthcare needs.
GEMS has received accolades from the Institute of Risk Management South Africa for innovative and outstanding risk management. GEMS won the BHFs’ Titanium Award for access to healthcare at the last conference and was recently recognised by the Top Employers Institute as one of the top employers in 2022.
HFMU
The Healthcare Forensic Management Unit (HFMU) is an information and resource sharing group which enjoys the participation of the majority of medical schemes, administrators, management and administration entities and some insurers. It is co-ordinated and administrated under the auspices of The Board of Healthcare Funders of Southern Africa and is unique in that it is the first initiative of its kind within the healthcare industry.
The core focus of this unit is to facilitate a unified approach with regards to fraud in the medical schemes environment. This is achieved through sharing of information using the HFMU Online Portal. The HFMU Online Portal is a secure contributory database where participants share information on FWA investigations so that other participants are alerted of FWA activity in relation to a specific beneficiary and / or healthcare service provider. This serves inter alia as a preventative strategy to other medical schemes to investigate a similar FWA trend so captured.
The HFMU also works with various stakeholders such as Provincial Departments of Health, The SIU and is a member of the Global Health Care Anti-Corruption Forum.