EXCLUSIVE: SIU poised to probe medical schemes regulator
Allegations of maladministration and corruption at the Council for Medical Schemes came from whistle-blowers
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is poised to launch an investigation into possible maladministration and corruption at the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS), the watchdog agency for SA’s medical schemes industry. The probe is set to send a ripple throughout the multi-billion-rand sector and is likely to extend into the private sector. The development takes place in parallel with an investigation the CMS plans to conduct into allegations of corruption against the head of its complaints and investigations unit head Stephen Mmatli, who it suspended last week. The CMS’s move has already shaken the industry, as it raises questions about whether the regulator has been turning a blind eye to matters that should have been scrutinised, or directed inappropriate inspections at schemes and administrators SIU head Andy Mothibi told Business Day on Tuesday that whistle-blowers had approached the SIU alleging impropriety at the CMS’s compliance and investigations department, headed by Mmatli...
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