Member Driven
Providing decisive expert legal advice
Influential Advocacy
Strategic stakeholder engagement
Collaboration with key SAMA Departments and external role-players
Keeping members informed
Operational Excellence
Consistent. Agile. Responsive. Reliable.
What we do:
- • Expert legal advice and support to SAMA and its members
- • Managing and resolving medical scheme disputes and forensic audits
- • Assisting members with HPCSA matters and disciplinary proceedings
- • Monitoring the health policy, legislative and regulatory environment
- • Consider the short and long term implications of impending legislative and regulatory regulatory developments (including impact on SAMA, members and the broader healthcare environment)
- • Providing expert advice and guidance in respect of policies, draft legislation, legislation, judgements, ethical guidelines and rulings affecting SAMA and members.
- • Preparing submissions and presenting on behalf of SAMA to parliament, government departments and statutory bodies on proposed legislation, regulations, policy documents and other legal notices
- • Researching and drafting legal opinions
- • Presenting at seminars, events and CPD meetings to educate and inform SAMA members of medico-legal issues
- • Advising on business/practice management issues
- • Assisting in medico-legal matters
- • Mediation of disputes
- • Establishment of new practices (Employment contracts, lease agreements, business law advice etc.)
- • Assisting with ethical and professional compliance issues
- • Advice related to living wills and advanced directions
- • Strategic stakeholder engagement and advocacy
- • CMSA matters
- • Strategic litigation on matters affecting SAMA members
- • CPD accreditation