MEDICAL scheme administrator Afrocentric Health has lost its bid to widen its fight against rival Discovery Health, after the Competition Tribunal declined its request to add 15 more medical schemes to its complaint.The tribunal has ordered that a hearing be held giving both sides a chance to argue whether the case brought by Afrocentric has merit.A date has yet to be set.Afrocentric owns medical scheme administrator Medscheme, while Discovery Health is a subsidiary of JSE-listed insurer Discovery and administers Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS).”Afrocentric is accusing Discovery Health of contravening the Competition Act by engaging in collective bargaining on behalf of the medical schemes it administers when it negotiates tariffs with private hospital groups and healthcare providers.Afrocentric originally laid a complaint against Discovery Health and DHMS at the Competition Commission in June 2014, alleging that Discovery Health used DHMS’s dominance of the open medical sche...
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