Advice to members on scheme initiated payment contracts
Discussions with funders on mutually acceptable DSP Agreements
Participation in the Discovery Governance project
Utilization review of practices, which includes efficiency reviews (profiling)
Online and hard copy coding guidelines distributed to members
Coding issues, especially disputes with administrators and schemes.
Design and implementation of new codes according to CPT guidelines
Fee and impact studies used for annual fee negotiations
Coding workshops at congresses
Assistance with forensic audits
Membership of SAPPF (South African Private Practitioners Forum) – SAPPF is an
umbrella organization of about 8500 members, representing the diverse interests
and views of healthcare providers working in the private sector across a wide
range of specialist disciplines (22), general practitioners and allied
healthcare workers
Protocol and clinical guideline development
Healthcare market research and presentation of lectures
Assistance with HPCSA complaints
Information technology
Practice management programmes - preferential contract with DHS (Med-E-Mass)
Electronic Communications - SMS and E-mail
Data warehousing
Online Electronic Claims Profile
Management support
Annual Practice Start up Workshop
Data collection through Medikredit, Medscheme and Healthbridge
Practice management support and guidance
Coding guidelines, training and support
FinancIAL Advice
Finance packages with preferred Bankers
Group insurance products through PSG, Northcliff
Group retirement funding through Prosper Financial Services
Healthcare consulting to 3rd parties
continuous medical education
Local CME events in major centres and targeted workshops
Annual congress that offer academic, business and social content
CPD point warehousing via MyCPD
Promotion of a uniform immunization schedule via PVAC
Access to Vermont Oxford Network (VON)
community
Become part of our paediatric community today and start building a strong network. We understand the business and personal challenges, as well as potential pitfalls of private practice. We look forward to welcome you.
MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS
DOWNLOAD AND COMPLETE THE ATTACHED DOCUMENTATION to become a member
This fee applies to any member who is in private practice. There is no membership category for limited private practice except for the exception explained under Academic membership. If a doctor doing private work of any degree, chooses to be a member of PMG but does not sign up to the Paediatric Governance Project with Discovery Health, that doctor still pays full membership fees. During your first year in Private Practice you qualify for a reduced membership fee.
academic
This fee is for Paediatricians employed full time in the state sector with no private work. An exception is the state employed Paediatrician whose private sector work is limited to consulting without admissions to hospital. This exception will apply as long as this practice remains a consulting practice only. An Academic PMG member who joins full time Private Practice will qualify for the first year private practice rate for the first 12 months of practice.
There is no Group practice rate. All members of group practices or associations must be individual members in their
own right to enjoy the benefits of PMG membership.
