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BDLive reports that the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) is taking steps to stamp out fraud in the election of medical scheme trustees.
Trustees hold powerful sway over the lucrative contracts awarded to service providers such as administrators and brokers. The initial 21-day public comment period for its draft declaration of undesirable business practices has been extended until 8 July because some medical schemes had requested more time. The declaration aims to make it more difficult for medical scheme contractors to manipulate trustee elections to serve their own interests. The CMS plans to declare the following practices irregular or undesirable for anyone working for a service provider: approaching people to stand as candidates for election; canvassing for votes; using personal information of members to influence voters; funding or campaigning for the election of an individual; or procuring proxies to engineer the election of a trustee.
- Read this report by Tamar Kahn in full at BDLive
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