Experts list fraud, waste, abuse — and brokers
South Africa’s health care is awash with fraud, waste and abuse, with 11% of the Covid spend alone — R14.8bn of R138bn — being probed by the Special Investigating Unit .
The Council for Medical Schemes estimates that the health-care sector loses R22bn-R28bn a year to to these needless costs. Experts in the sector believe that up to 15% of health-care claims include an element of fraud, waste and abuse...A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and TimesLive Premium.
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