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#BREAKING: PSMAS Increases Tariffs By 80%

Michael Gwarisa

GOVERNMENT has approved Premier Medical Aid Society’s (PSMAS) request to review its tariffs upwards. By Michael Gwarisa Health Services Board (HSB) Executive Director, Ms Ruth Kaseke said they have given PSMAS the green light to review tariffs  in line with the prevailing economic challenges which is characterised by hyperinflation and massive foreign currency shortages. Please

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PSMAS Subsidizes Medication Costs For Members

Michael Gwarisa

PSMAS members with chronic ailments will with immediate effect pay not more than 10% of the total cost of prescribed medication following a temporary arrangement made by the society to cushion them against high shortfalls. By Michael Gwarisa Chronic diseases include arthritis, asthma, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and some viral diseases such as

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Hospitals Reject PSMAS Cards…Teachers To Hold Demo

Kuda Pembere

ZIMBABWE’s second largest teachers union, the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) will tomorrow hold a mass demonstration against the PSMAS medical aid which they believe is shortchanging them at a time when the health sector is on its knees. By Kudakwashe Pembere Majority of Zimbabwe’s civil servants are active PSMAS clients but indications on

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PSMAS Opens One Stop Shop Service Centre

Michael Gwarisa

ZIMBABWE’S leading Medical Aid  firm, Premier Service Medical Aid Company (PSMAS) has opened its state of the art service center at its headquarters which will improve convenience and service delivery to its clients. By Michael Gwarisa The service centre which is a one stop shop service facility, offers members a number of services ranging from

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Medical Aid companies rank 2nd on Zim’s Customer Satisfaction Index

Kuda Pembere

By Kuda Pembere Zimbabwe’s medical aid sector performed well above the national customer satisfaction index of 70, 2 percent ranking second with  78, 7 percent after the hospitality sector. This was a finding from a research report for the National Customer Satisfaction Index 2017 done by Select Research and the Contact Centre Association of Zimbabwe.

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Subscribers Ditch PSMAS

Michael Gwarisa

Staff Reporter  PREMIER Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) is currently experiencing a massive exodus of subscribers owing to the continued decline is quality service  among a host of other ills bedeviling the medical aid firm. PSMAS board chair Jeremiah Bvirindi recently told The Daily News that the company was experiencing a myriad of woes chief among

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