Marketing Healthcare To Women In An Evolving Socio-Economic Climate
Prioritising women’s education and health needs not only makes marketing sense, but helps to ensure that the advantages of this access has a wider reach in terms of benefiting their families, wider communities, and can ultimately contribute to socio-economic development.
Medical Scheme Fraud Is Everyone’s Business
Medical scheme fraud and abuse of benefits is a relatively common problem in South Africa, and schemes such as CompCare have to fight an ongoing battle to deal with the problem, which costs the healthcare funding sector millions of lost rands each year.
Are you struggling over the lockdown?
Are you having emotional difficulties during this challenging time? If so, you are not alone, many South Africans are experiencing a great deal of anxiety at this time.
Health & Safety of Employees Returning to Work
Josua Joubert, Chief Executive and Principal Officer of CompCare Medical Scheme talks to Ina van der Watt, Director of Universal Corporate Wellness of CompCare, about going back to work after weeks of lockdown.
Good quality sleep supports your immune system
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with an onslaught of distressing news and drastic changes to our daily way of living.
Working from home: Another ‘new normal’
As we head into our fourth week of the novel coronavirus pandemic lockdown, most of us would have noted that this period has thrown up a number of completely unexpected and unprecedented challenges to our ability to keep the vital cogs of our businesses and the broader economy functioning effectively.
Defending members’ medical savings
“I have always maintained that you can tell a lot about a medical scheme
from how it treats members’ medical savings.” – Josua Joubert
The lowdown on COVID-19 otherwise known as the novel coronavirus
As you will no doubt be aware, there is currently an outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) originating in China, which is raising global concern as it continues to spread across the world.
Medical scheme, Health Insurance? What’s The Diffs?
Not everyone is aware of the considerable differences between medical scheme cover and health insurance products.
Waiting Periods, Explained
Medical scheme waiting periods explainedWhen joining a medical scheme for the first time, new members may not understand why they have a waiting period before they are able to claim. Considering that a medical scheme operates a pool of funds to cover claims of all...
Co-Payments And Beyond
How do co-payments work, why are they necessaryand how best can they be reduced or avoided altogether?When choosing a medical scheme or a new product option it is all-important to consider your benefits, co-payments and finer details surrounding these benefits, along...
Medical Aid, are you getting value?
As an innovative forward-thinking scheme, CompCare is not only known for delivering value for money but also for providing best practice health and wellness solutions and member-centric benefits.
Medical Scheme Consolidation: Where to From Here
Josua Joubert, Chief Executive and Principal Officer of CompCare Wellness Medical Scheme, looks at the state of play in the funding sector and at the benefits that an amalgamation can hold for members.
How to choose a medical scheme
Physical inactivity is now identified as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality, followed by being overweight and obesity
Ladies First
Women tend to be great at prioritizing the healthcare needs of others ahead of their own.
Listen Up Gents
Did you know that prostate problems are one of the most common conditions affecting men today?
What’s For Lunch?
A healthy lunchbox for the entire family.
Jumpstart Your Body
Physical inactivity is now identified as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality, followed by being overweight and obesity
Adventure Seekers
We’re big on life and on living life to the fullest.