The health minister could soon have the power to either allow or prohibit prices charged by private healthcare companies for the 270 prescribed minimum benefits (PMBs) fully covered by medical aid funders.

June 5, 2008 – Senior citizen Medicare patients and their cancer care providers will no longer use the American Medical Association Drug Evaluations (AMA-DE) book to determine which drugs are covered under Medicare Part B to treat patients undergoing ch

Late last week Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the Minister of Health, dropped a bombshell on private hospitals and doctors used by medical scheme members, in the form of a draft bill giving her the power to vet prices negotiated for healthcare services provide

Magellan Health Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:MGLN) today reported net income of $17.2 million, or $.43 per diluted common share, and segment profit of $51.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2008. The Company also said that it now expects to generate

China's Ministry of Health issued an urgent circular on Saturday urging all provinces to establish consulting hotlines in the wake of the baby milk powder scare "in the shortest possible time." To date, eight provinces and municipalities had set up suc