HEALTH MARKET INQUIRY ( HMI ) SCHEDULE FOR SET 1 OF PUBLIC HEARINGS Date 4 February 2016 1
Contents HEARING 1... 3 HEARING 2... 5 HEARING 3... 7 HEARING 4... 9 2
HEARING 1 HEARING 1 DAY 1 16 FEBRUARY 2016 PRETORIA: CSIR INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE 9:30 10:00 Address by the Chairperson Judge Sandile Ngcobo 10:00 11:00 Overview of the Private Healthcare Sector 11:00 11:20 Tea Break 11:20 12:00 Overview of the Private Healthcare Sector (continued) HMI Technical Team HMI Technical Team 12:00 13:00 Oral Submission Ms. Angela Drescher 13:00 14:00 Lunch Break 14:00 14:30 Oral Submission Ms. Angela Drescher 14:30 15:30 Oral Submission: Professor Michael Herbst 15:30-16:30 Oral Submission Mr. Craig Lester END OF DAY 1 HEARING 1 DAY 2 17 FEBRUARY 2016 PRETORIA: CSIR INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE 9:30 11:00 Oral Submission Section 27 and partners: Ms. Andaleeb Rinquest Mr. Ivan Evans Ms. Phindile Mlotshwa Rural Health Advocacy Project South Africa Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) South African Federation for Mental Health 3
Southern African HIV Clinicians Society Treatment Action Campaign 11:00 11:20 Tea Break 11:20 12:20 Oral Submission Section 27 and partners (continued) 12:20 13:00 Oral Submission World Health Organisation (WHO) & Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 13:00 14:00 Lunch Break 14:00 14:30 Oral Submission World Health Organisation (WHO) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (continued) 14:30 16:00 Oral Submission Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) END OF DAY 2 HEARING 1 DAY 3 18 FEBRUARY 2016 PRETORIA: CSIR INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE 9:30 10:30 Oral Submission Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) 10:30 11:30 Oral Submission South African Society of Cardiovascular Intervention (SASCI) 11:50 12:50 Oral Submission Society of Private Nurse Practitioners (SPNP) 14:00 16:00 Oral Submission Reserved for flow over END OF DAY 3 4
HEARING 2 HEARING 2 DAY 1 23 FEBRUARY 2016 PRETORIA: HMI OFFICES 9:30 10:10 Oral Submission Dr Jeffrey King 10:10 10:50 Oral Submission Dr Kgabane Moloto 10:50 11:10 Tea Break 11:10 12:10 Oral Submission The Pharmaceutical Society of SA (PSSA) 12:10 13:10 Oral Submission Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (IPASA) 13:10 14:10 Lunch Break 14:10 15:10 Oral Submission Independent Community Pharmacy Association (ICPA) END OF DAY 1 HEARING 2 DAY 2 24 FEBRUARY 2016 PRETORIA: HMI OFFICES 9:30 10:30 Oral Submission South African Medical Association (SAMA) 10:30 11:30 Oral Submission South African Private Practitioners Forum (SAPPF) 11:50 12:50 Oral Submission South African Society of Anaesthesiologists (SASA) 14:00 15:00 Oral Submission Emerging Market Healthcare (EMC) 15:00 15:40 Oral Submission South African Optometric Association (SAOA) 15:40 16:20 Oral Submission Iso Leso Optics Ltd END OF DAY 2 5
HEARING 2 DAY 3 25 FEBRUARY 2016 PRETORIA: HMI OFFICES 9:30 11:30 Oral Submission Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) 11:50 12:50 Oral Submission Marpemed (Pty) Ltd 14:00 15:00 Oral Submission South African Medical Device Industry Association (SAMED) 15:00 16:00 Oral Submission Dental Practitioners Association END OF DAY 3 6
HEARING 3 HEARING 3 DAY 1 1 MARCH 2016 9:30 10:30 Oral Submission Board of Healthcare Funders of Southern Africa (BHF) 10:30 11:30 Oral Submission Bestmed Medical Scheme 11:50 12:50 Oral Submission Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) 14:00 15:00 Oral Submission Cape Medical Plan 15:00 16:00 Oral Submission South African Municipal Workers' Union Medical Scheme (SAMWUMED) END OF DAY 1 HEARING 3 DAY 2 2 MARCH 2016 9:30 10:30 Oral Submission Discovery Health (Pty) Ltd 10:30 11:30 Oral Submission MMI Holdings Ltd 11:50 12:50 Oral Submission Strata Healthcare Management (Pty) Ltd 14:00 15:00 Oral Submission Verirad (Pty) Ltd 15:00 16:00 Oral Submission The Unlimited Group (Pty) Ltd END OF DAY 2 7
HEARING 3 DAY 3 3 MARCH 2016 9:30 11:00 Oral Submission Ms. Kwanele Asante 11:00 11:20 Tea Break 11:20 12:50 Oral Submission Discovery Health Medical Scheme 14:00 15:00 Oral Submission Financial Intermediaries Association of Southern Africa (FIA) 15:00 16:00 Oral Submission Independent Practitioners Association Foundation (IPAF) END OF DAY 3 8
HEARING 4 HEARING 4 DAY 1 8 MARCH 2016 9:30 11:00 Oral Submission Western Cape Department of Health 11:00 11:20 Tea Break 11:20 12:50 Oral Submission Gauteng Department of Health 12:50 13:50 Lunch Break 13:50 15:20 Oral Submission Kwa-Zulu Natal Department of Health 15:20 16:20 Oral Submission Day Hospital Association of South Africa (DHASA) END OF DAY 1 HEARING 4 DAY 2 9 MARCH 2016 9:30 10:30 Oral Submission Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) 10:30 11:30 Oral Submission Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa (AHPCSA) 11:50 12:30 Oral Submission Chiropractic Association of South Africa (CASA) 12:30 13:10 Oral Submission Mr. Kyle Drescher 13:10 14:10 Lunch Break 14:10 15:00 Oral Submission Professor Justus Apffelstaedt 15:00 16:00 Oral Submission National Hospital Network (NHN) END OF DAY 2 9
HEARING 4 DAY 3 10 MARCH 2016 8:30 9:00 Arrival All 9:00 10:30 Oral Submission Life Healthcare Group Holding Ltd 10:30 11:00 Oral Submission Mediclinic South Africa (Pty) Ltd 11:00 11:20 Tea Break 11:20 12:20 Oral Submission Mediclinic South Africa (Pty) Ltd (continued) 12:20 13:00 Oral Submission Netcare Ltd 14:00 14:50 Oral Submission Netcare Ltd (continued) 14:50 16:50 Oral Submission National Department of Health (NDoH) END OF DAY 3 10