Article: Manto warns on overcharging by private hospitals; Billing for anaesthesia under spotlight as minister calls for compliance with single exit pricing laws.(News)

BYLINE: Edwin Naidu

Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the minister of health, has warned the country's hospital groups to stop overcharging patients for anaesthetic gases, claiming the practice - which is costing medical aids and patients R300 million a year - could find them on the wrong side of the law.

The minister said anaesthetic gases are sold in millilitres. However private hospitals have been billing anaesthetic gases on a per minute basis, though medicine price regulations require them to comply with a single exit price for all drugs.

"This has resulted in significant over-billing of patients and has resulted in contravention of the single ...

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