BHF BOARD STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES Working Committees Presented by
Mr Tom Borrill : Chairman of the BHF Board Slide 2 Overview At the
BHF Board of Directors Strategic Session it was noted that there is
value for a non-regulatory body such as the BHF to exist. The BHF
must harness its collective power by; Developing consensus on
common issues ; Continue to be the collective legal representative;
BHF becoming the point where schemes and administrators share
common threats and deal with these as a collective. On the 28 th
November 2012 at the BHF Board of Directors Strategic Session the
following key objectives where identified going forward; Slide 3
BHF Objectives It was agreed that as the representative body BHF
should develop a marketing plan and actively pursue new membership.
A code of conduct to become a BHF member needed to be explored as
to develop a common industry standard. It was decided that the
purpose of BHF needed to be unpacked as to ensure the BHFs
objectives are aligned to member expectations. It was proposed that
the BHF embarks on educating medical scheme members to enable them
to understand the industry and how medical schemes work and by
improving the image of the industry and attracting new members.
Slide 4 BHF Objectives The development of stakeholder relationships
is a key objective and was it felt that a charter should be
developed as to understand what BHF wanted from these stakeholder
relationships. Good stakeholder relationships will enable the BHF
to robustly debate issues with providers who are a key part of the
system. BHF as the Southern African representative body in the
region wants to further develop its BNLZ relationships to
facilitate discussions on common interests within the SADC region.
Cross border members benefit from countries who collaborate and
there are many lessons that can be learnt from all the regions.
Going forward the reinventing of the PCNS is an imperative. Slide 5
BHF Objectives It agreed that the BHF require data for research
projects and think tanks to adequately support the following the
key objectives of the organisation; PMB, Regulation 8; it was
agreed that there should be a multipronged approach to these
issues, and while BHF solicits legal advise; the BHF must continue
to engage the policy makers and providers in resolving these
matters for the industry. The lobbying for regulatory reform is a
long ongoing objective of the BHF to ensure the sustainability of
the industry. Slide 6 BHF Working Committees The objective to
review healthcare cost drivers is to enable the BHF to
intelligently respond to the any negative accusations about the
industry in the public and political environments. BHF is to
establish working relationships with the NDoH on issues such as the
public sector becoming an alternate clinical setting. The BHF Board
of Directors resolved to establish the following 13 Working
Committees to explore these objectives going forward. These working
committees have been assigned to Directors and the BHF Executive to
pursue. It was agreed that the BHF should draw from the expertise
within our industry. Ongoing feedback will be submitted to the
Working committee Project manager for feedback to the BHF Board of
Directors and membership. Slide 7 BHF Working Committees Working
CommitteeResponsible Persons Working Committee Project Mgr.Mr Tom
Borrill New MembershipDr Humphrey Zokufa Membership Code of
ConductMr Brian Dick & Mr Grant Newton Consumer AdvocacyDr
Humphrey Zokufa Stakeholder RelationshipsMs Sally Velzeboer SADC
regionMr Callie Schafr & Mrs Mpho Ramokgopa Reinvent PCNSMr
Medwyn Du Bois Research and Think tanksDr Leighton McDonald
PMB/Regulation 8Dr Humphrey Zokufa Regulatory ReformDr Humphrey
Zokufa Healthcare Cost driversMr Andr Meyer Alternate clinical
SettingsDr Mangaliso Mahlaba Slide 8 Discussion Questions and
Answers
