Health Technology Assessments (HTAs)

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Medscheme Health Technology Assessments and Reimbursement
October 2020
Christeen Keyter who is the Advanced Specialist: Health Technology Assessment in the Health Policy Unit at Medscheme provided an outline of the HTA and reimbursement processes for Medscheme at a SAMED Market Access Forum. The presentation covers:

• Medscheme reimbursement and HTA processes
• An organogram of the HTA/reimbursement team
• Policy and processes on price increases, price reviews and price benchmarking
• Special Covid-19-related requirements,

Discovery Health Health Technology Assessments and Reimbursements
November 2020
The Centre for Clinical Evidence team at Discovery Health provided an overview of their HTA and reimbursement processes a SAMED Market Access Forum . The presentation covers:

• Discovery PIN Process & Price Increases; Kershnee Chetty, Head: Surgical Risk Unit
• The HTA Process & Supplier Journey; Niri Bhimsan, Head: Health Technology Assessment
• Overall functions of the Clinical Policy Unit; Lindiwe Mbekeni, Clinical Specialist; Head of the Clinical Policy Unit