Do medical aid fraud busters target black doctors?

01 August 2019 - 07:00
By KATHARINE CHILD
The Council for Medical Schemes heard that some medical aids act like judges when investigating doctors for potential fraud – especially black doctors.
Image: 123rf.com/Dmitriy Shironosov The Council for Medical Schemes heard that some medical aids act like judges when investigating doctors for potential fraud – especially black doctors.

Some medical aids act like prosecutors and judges when investigating doctors for potential fraud – especially black doctors, the Council for Medical Schemes heard on Wednesday.

The regulator is holding hearings into claims that administrators racially profile “fraudulent” doctors.