Rift between BOMAID and doctors becomes chronic :: Mmegi Online

Some patients may find themselves paying more for health services by the beginning of next month. This was revealed at a press conference yesterday when Botswana Medical Aid Society (BOMAID) said certain private health service providers had informed it that they would begin to implement what is known as a balance-billing method inspite of disagreement with BOMAID on the matter.

"We have received a communication from representatives of the dental group, the medical practitioners' group and the optometrists' group of service providers informing the society that these groups will go ahead and implement the balance-billing method effective February 1, 2012," said BOMAID CEO, Dennis Alexander.

"These service providers will, therefore, effective that date, charge tariffs that are outside the ones we had proposed and will demand our members to pay the balance."

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