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AFROCENTRIC GROUP
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OPERATIONAL REVIEWS
KLINIKKA
Quality
and
outcomes
is the foundation of a
sustainable future
for Klinikka and DBC.
OVERVIEW
Klinikka Proprietary Limited (“Klinikka”) was incorporated
in 2013, and is the distributor andmanager of theDocumentation
Based Care (“DBC”) musculo-skeletal rehabilitation system in
southern Africa. In the past 17 years, Klinikka teams have
implemented DBC protocols, evidence-based protocols,
interdisciplinary treatment teams and, most recently, a functional
rehabilitation programme.
Our definitive goal is to provide better results, more efficiently,
with a greater cost benefit, to continuously innovate. We offer
services to patients and provide managed care services.
Klinikka has also successfully implemented contracting models
such as Sasolmed Capitation Agreement and the Bonitas
Capped Fee Agreement.
The DBC service has been funded from the “risk benefit” based
on a global fee since 2008. This combination of continuous
development in the clinical capability and contracting has
enabled the Klinikka Network to hold 3 000 treatment sessions
per month in South Africa in the 2016/17 financial period.
PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
• Implementation of the Bonitas Capped Fee model
• 3 000 treatment sessions per month in South Africa
in 2016/17
• 12 DBC centres and two Workability centres
• Implementation of a cloud-based Centre Management Tool
• DBC clinical information system (“CIS”) has enabled the
effective information management throughout treatment
• During the 2016/17 financial period, 23 medical schemes
saved between R103 million and R170 million, through the
conservative treatment of chronic back and neck pain with
the help of DBC.
STRATEGY
Klinikka is currently managing a network of 12 DBC centres and
two Workability centres.
The DBC treatment is designed as part of an integrated
managed care programme to reduce the overall cost of care for
spinal conditions supporting the Group’s healthcare service
offering.
The aim is to increase this network with an additional five centres
in 2018, and to investigate a new equipment rental option to
increase the number of commercially viable DBC centres in
South Africa.