SHA ties hospital contracts to licensed services
Tighter SHA rules make service-specific licensing the basis for hospital contracting, according to Business Daily Africa (direct).
Key takeaways
- SHA is tightening licensing requirements for contracted hospitals.
- Contracts will be limited to services covered by each facility’s licence.
- The scope of a hospital’s licence determines which services qualify for contracting.
Hospitals will only be able to secure SHA contracts for services their licences cover. SHA is tightening its licensing rules for contracted hospitals, according to Business Daily Africa (direct).
The restriction puts the scope of each facility’s licence at the centre of contracting. A service must fall within that licensed scope to qualify for a contract.
For hospital businesses, the key issue is the match between the services they are licensed to provide and those covered by their SHA contracts. The rule makes that distinction central to which services can be contracted.
The next point to watch is how SHA applies the tighter requirement when contracting hospitals for specific services.
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