© hester van der walt 2012 Dr Hester van der Walt Paediatrician / Pediater MB ChB (US) DCH MMed (Paed) (OVS), Pr 0377597, MP 0279102 hester@pediater.co.za 022 713 5149 alle ure/all hours Die huidige stand van sake – daar bestaan geen geregtelik bindende mediese tariewe nie! Die Chaos Op 28 Julie 2010 het waarnemende regter Piet Ebersohn in die Hooggeregshof van Suid Afrika beslis dat die RPL (National Health Reference Price List) 2007 – 2009 van nul en gener waarde is (dit wil se waardeloos). Regter Ebersohn het bevind dat die proses waarop die RPL en die fooie daarin uiteengesit vasgestel  ‘onregverdig, onwettig, onregmatig en irrasioneel’ is. Die Regter het ook verklaar dat die tariewe vir mediese diensverskaffers soos dokters soos deur bogenoemde proses vasgestel ‘onrealisties laag’ is en een van die hoof redes is hoekom soveel geneeshere Suid Afrika verlaat. Hy het in sy uitspraak gelas dat daar nie meer ‘n gestandardiseerde mediese skema tariewe gids (tot dan die National Health Reference Price List  genoem) is nie. Die National Health Reference Price List is publiseer deur die Board of Healthcare Funders of SA, ‘n organisasie wat meeste van die mediese skemas van Suidelike Afrika verteenwoordig. Wat ons doen om jou te help Nietenstaande die chaos wat deur bovermelde hofuitspraak heers met betrekking tot watter tariewe gehef moet word het hierdie praktyk besluit om sy tariewe so na moontlik aan dié van mediese skemas te hou ten einde die pasient maksimaal te bevoordeel. Ons sal ook waar moontlik namens jou eise indien na jou mediese skema. The present status quo - there are no legally binding medical tariffs! The chaos On 28th July 2010 Acting Judge Piet Ebersohn declared in the Supreme Court of SA the RPL (National Health Reference Price List) 2007 – 2009 null and void. He found the process by which the RPL and rates were determined to be “unfair, unlawful, unreasonable and irrational.”  The Judge also said that the process resulted in tariffs that were “unreasonably low“ and one of the reasons cited for the exodus of doctors from South Africa. Thereby it was ruled that there is no longer a standardised medical scheme tariff guideline (previously called the National Health Reference Price List). The National Health Reference Price List is published by the Board of Healthcare Funders of SA (the representative organisation for the majority of medical schemes throughout Southern Africa). How we help you Notwithstanding the above chaos resulting in the situation where there is no RPL, this practice has decided to adhere as close as possible to the average rates of medical schemes in an effort to maximise benefits to the patient. We will also where possible claim on your behalf. TARIFF CHAOS wil jy locum of werk hier? would you like to locum or work here?