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  • 1 Day before the event
    June 2, 2023
  • Day 1
    June 3, 2023
  • Day 2
    June 4, 2023
  • 13:00

    Surgicom Board Lunch

    14:00

    Surgicom Board Meeting

    Tides (Conference Level 2)

    17:00

    LEISURE TIME

    19:00

    22:00

    Surgicom Board Dinner

  • 09:00

    ARRIVAL & REGISTRATION

    10:30

    SESSION 1

    SESSION Chairs: Philip Matley & André Reddy10:30 - 10:40WelcomeDr Philip Matley(Chairman, Surgicom)10:40 - 11:10Trends in Global Healthcare: The Big PictureDr Ronald Whelan(Chief Commercial Officer, Discovery Health11:10 - 11:40Variations & Trends in the Cost & Quality of CareMr Craig Getz(Actuary, Insight Actuaries & Consultants)11:40 - 12:10Surgeons on Charges of Murder & Culpable Homicide: What Can Be done?Dr Philip Matley(Vascular Surgeon & Chairman, Surgicom)12:10 - 12:40How to Fire Your Se...
    SESSION Chairs: Philip Matley & André Reddy

    10:30 - 10:40
    Welcome
    Dr Philip Matley
    (Chairman, Surgicom)

    10:40 - 11:10
    Trends in Global Healthcare: The Big Picture
    Dr Ronald Whelan
    (Chief Commercial Officer, Discovery Health

    11:10 - 11:40
    Variations & Trends in the Cost & Quality of Care
    Mr Craig Getz
    (Actuary, Insight Actuaries & Consultants)

    11:40 - 12:10
    Surgeons on Charges of Murder & Culpable Homicide: What Can Be done?
    Dr Philip Matley
    (Vascular Surgeon & Chairman, Surgicom)

    12:10 - 12:40
    How to Fire Your Secretary Without Falling Foul of the CCMA
    Adv. Lodewyk Pienaar
    (Advocate of the High Court of South Africa / LABCO Employers Organisation)

    12:40 - 13:00
    CRE Unpacked for Surgeons
    Dr Justyna Wojno
    (Pathologist, Lancet Laboratories)
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    13:00

    LUNCH

    Exhibition (Conference Level 2)

    13:30

    SESSION 2

    SESSION Chairs: Bheki Dube & Peter Taylor13:30 - 14:00Perceptions of Medical Aid Reimbursement by General Surgeons in South AfricaMia Barnard(Practice Manager, Mossel Bay / MBA Student, Univ of Stellenbosch Business School)14:00 - 14:30Should we Migrate our whole Coding Structure from SAMA to CPT4?Dr Philip Matley(Vascular Surgeon & Chairman, Surgicom)14:30 - 15:00SURGICOM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2023Surgicom Board15:00 - 15:30Should I Agree to be an Expert Witness? What do I need to know?Profess...
    SESSION Chairs: Bheki Dube & Peter Taylor

    13:30 - 14:00
    Perceptions of Medical Aid Reimbursement by General Surgeons in South Africa
    Mia Barnard
    (Practice Manager, Mossel Bay / MBA Student, Univ of Stellenbosch Business School)

    14:00 - 14:30
    Should we Migrate our whole Coding Structure from SAMA to CPT4?
    Dr Philip Matley
    (Vascular Surgeon & Chairman, Surgicom)

    14:30 - 15:00
    SURGICOM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2023
    Surgicom Board

    15:00 - 15:30
    Should I Agree to be an Expert Witness? What do I need to know?
    Professor Brian Warren
    (Emeritus Professor, University of Stellenbosch)
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    15:30

    Refreshment Break

    Exhibition (Conference Level 2)

    16:00

    SESSION 3

    SESSION Chairs: José Ramos & Mbelelo Renene

    16:00 - 17:30
    Live Medico-Legal Case: A HPCSA Complaint
    HPCSA Prosecuting Attorney
    Mr Athol Gordon
    (Partner, Clyde & Co.)
    Expert Witness – Dr Jeanne Lubbe
    (Gastro-Intestinal & Bariatric Surgeon)

    Defendant Attorney
    Ms Kate McKay
    (Attorney, Clyde & Co.)
    Expert Witness - Prof Sats Pillay
    (General Surgeon)

    17:30

    LEISURE TIME

    18:30

    COCKTAILS

    Sand & Sea (Tower B, 12th Floor)

    19:30

    00:00

    GALA DINNER

    Sand & Sea (Tower B, 12th Floor)
  • 08:30

    SESSION 4

    SESSION Chairs: Tlhelani Lowan & Mike Klipin08:30 - 09:00Finding the Ideal Work/Life Balance as a SurgeonMr Neil Tuck(Clinical Psychologist, Performwell)09:00 - 09:20Progress with the Surgicom/ Discovery Global Fee Project for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Value Based CareMr Darren Sweidan(Discovery Health)09:20 - 09:50What Surgeons Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence in 2023Dr Johan Breytenbach(Department of Information Systems, University of the Western Cape)09:50 - 10:20Getting the...
    SESSION Chairs: Tlhelani Lowan & Mike Klipin

    08:30 - 09:00
    Finding the Ideal Work/Life Balance as a Surgeon
    Mr Neil Tuck
    (Clinical Psychologist, Performwell)

    09:00 - 09:20
    Progress with the Surgicom/ Discovery Global Fee Project for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Value Based Care
    Mr Darren Sweidan
    (Discovery Health)

    09:20 - 09:50
    What Surgeons Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence in 2023
    Dr Johan Breytenbach
    (Department of Information Systems, University of the Western Cape)

    09:50 - 10:20
    Getting the Most Out of Electronic Medical Records
    Dr Thinus Smit
    (Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgeon & Surgicom Board)

    10:20 - 11:00
    DEBATE:
    All SURGEONS SHOULD BE REGULARLY PARTICIPATING IN THEIR HOSPITAL'S M&M MEETING
    For the Motion: Dr Lliam Brannigan
    (Anaesthesiologist & Critical Care Specialist WDGMC)
    Against the Motion:
    Dr Nadine Haran (Colorectal Surgeon WDGMC)
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    11:00

    Refreshment Break

    Exhibition (Conference Level 2)

    11:30

    13:15

    SESSION 5

    SESSION Chairs: Thinus Smit & Nadine Harran11:30 - 12:00Marketing Your Practice on Social Medial: Avoiding the PitfallsDr Shalin Singh(Paediatric Surgeon Cape Town & Surgicom Board)12:00 -12:30Relative Specialist Earnings – How Do General Surgeons Compare?Lara Wayburne(Discovery Health)12:30 - 13:15CODING:Best Strategies for Complex CasesDr André Reddy(General Surgeon & Vice-Chairman, Surgicom Board)Ms Brenda Gous(Coding Specialist, SAPPF)13:15- 13:30Closing Remarks with Q&ADr Philip Matley(Cha...
    SESSION Chairs: Thinus Smit & Nadine Harran

    11:30 - 12:00
    Marketing Your Practice on Social Medial: Avoiding the Pitfalls
    Dr Shalin Singh
    (Paediatric Surgeon Cape Town & Surgicom Board)

    12:00 -12:30
    Relative Specialist Earnings – How Do General Surgeons Compare?
    Lara Wayburne
    (Discovery Health)

    12:30 - 13:15
    CODING:
    Best Strategies for Complex Cases
    Dr André Reddy
    (General Surgeon & Vice-Chairman, Surgicom Board)

    Ms Brenda Gous
    (Coding Specialist, SAPPF)

    13:15- 13:30
    Closing Remarks with Q&A
    Dr Philip Matley
    (Chairman, Surgicom)
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