As we step into the New Year, we extend our heartfelt thanks for your support.
May the year ahead bring more success and growth for us all!
We can already announce that our Cape Town Open Day will take place on 17 May 2025,
our George Open Day on 12 July 2025, and the Worcester Open Day on 18 October 2025.
Mark it in your diary in the meantime.
We are also planning a few CME’s throughout the year
Cape Town, George & Worcester Open Days as well as the CME event were huge success events!
THANK YOU to ALL our SPONSORS
PLEASE SEE PHOTOS FROM OUR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CAPE TOWN OPEN DAY at BMRI centre: US Tygerberg Medical School
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Any FP, Dentist, Physio- or Occupational Therapist, Dietician, Psychologist or other Health Care Practitioner:
VISION
To be the pre-eminent Independent Practitioner Association in the Western Cape.
MISSION
To provide Quality, Affordable, Sustainable, Equitable, Non-discriminatory Primary Healthcare to the patients of the Western Cape, through empowering our doctors, dentists and other medical and allied practitioners with clinical, business and ethical knowledge, as well as up to date practice information and assistance.
ALL CPC/QUALICARE STAFF STILL WORK PARTLY FROM HOME.
CONTACT CPC/QUALICARE AT 021 426 4777 FOR MORE INFORMATION
LATEST NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE HERE
CPC/Qualicare Office No:
021 426 4777 / (+27214264777)
LATEST FROM CPC/QUALICARE
2025 Reimbursement Rates & Plan Options offered by SA Funders
Please find a summary on the increases for schemes as well as the FP Network tariffs & new options or changes for 2025.
We will keep updating this, whilst we receive the information.
2025 – Polmed GP Nomination Form
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Kindly note that the main member & beneficiaries are encouraged to nominate their own network GP, ANNUALY! *Only the main member is allowed to nominate 2 Network GP’s
2025 Stationery Order Form
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URGENT REMINDER
Payment of Annual Registration Fees for practice no.(s), PCNS – click here to download documents
You are reminded that the Annual Fee for registration with BHF for your PCNS number, (practice coding numbering system) is due by the 31st March 2025.
Missing in Action: Where are my CPD Points???
It has come to our notice that the HPCSA has send out advisories that doctors are not up to date with their CPD points.
We send all of the CPD issued by CPC Qualicare to the HPCSA as per the HPCSA regulations within 2 weeks of any of our events and upon receiving and marking our ‘Related Reading Material’ (RRM), providing you score greater than 70% correct in your answers.
A new ‘PCNS Details Update Form’ as from 1/11/24
You only need to complete the form IF there are updates required for your practice to the address, email address, contact information etc.
Prescribed Minimum Benefits
In terms of the Medical Schemes Act No. 131 of 1998, Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs) are a set of specified healthcare benefits that medical schemes must cover by law. This cover includes funding for the diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing care for the listed conditions. PMBs are designed to protect members from high healthcare costs for serious illnesses or emergencies.
2024 SAMWUMED – Submission of first-time paper claims directly to Medscheme
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Medscheme Digital Portal Introduction
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WARNING TO MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
CPC/Qualicare has recently been informed of several break-ins and incidents where staff and patients were held at gunpoint and robbed of valuables as well as mobile phones in the Boland and surrounding areas. We urgently encourage you to institute emergency measures in your practices.
Medical certificates – what constitutes a “valid” medical certificate?
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Fix Hospitals first before NHI
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Dispensing and/or Prescribing requirements in South Africa
2024 POLMED PREVENTATIVE HEALTHCARE BENEFITS CODE 55500
2024 – Registered 72 Medical Schemes in SA
PAIA: Fees for Requested Information
Obstetric Ultrasound – Reporting & Documentation
POPIA: Registration of Information Officers
Dear Shareholders and Members
Some doctors may have forgotten about POPIA as the website was non-functional last year.
The web page still gives problems at times. The preferred method of registration is electronic:
New Registrations: https://eservices.inforegulator.org.za/user/login.aspx , but if you are having trouble registering electronically, there is a pdf document that you can complete & send via email to: Registration.IO@inforegulator.org.za
THIS IS REQUIRED FOR POPIA COMPLIANCE AND FOR DATA PROTECTION
Tygerberg Poisons Information Centre:
0861 555 777 / (+27861555777)