Our history
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AfroCentric incorporated (80% effective interest acquired) and listed on the JSE
Acquired AfroCentric Health Group (80% effective interest)
Increased effective interest in AfroCentric Health to 94.1%
AfroCentric Technologies (formerly Helios IT Solutions) acquired a 51% interest in Allegra
Acquired South African licence for document-based care (DBC) back and neck rehabilitation programme
Acquired:
- 100% of Pharmacy Direct
- 100% of Curasana
- 26% of Activo Health
Sanlam acquired 28.7% of ACT Healthcare Assets, a major subsidiary of AfroCentric Investment Corporation
Awarded South African Police Service Medical Aid (POLMED) scheme contract
Acquired:
- 100% of AfroCentric Wellness (formerly Wellness Odyssey)
- 51% of The Cheese Has Moved
Amalgamation of Bonitas and Liberty added 125 000 lives to our care
Pharmacy Direct secured further contracts for the delivery of chronic medicine to public sector patients, increasing its footprint from five to seven South African provinces
Acquired:
- 51% of EssentialMed
- 80% of Scriptpharm Risk Management
- 70% of MMed Distribution
- ADS acquired 51% of Tendahealth
- COMMED merged with Bonitas
Awarded Hosmed contract
Pharmacy Direct awarded four of nine provinces in the new NDoH CCMDD contracts, increasing volumes from 50% to an estimated 80%
Acquired:
- Remaining 74% of Activo Health
- 82.8% of PHA
- 100% of Sanlam Health (renamed AfroCentric Integrated Health Administrators)
- Additional 25% of Associated Fund Administrators Botswana
Medshield Hospital and Fraud Management
Bonitas Actuarial Services
Hosmed Medicine Management
POLMED contracts for Chronic Medicine Management in Scriptpharm
Acquired:
- ACT Healthcare Assets acquired the remaining 20% of the shares in Scriptpharm Risk Management
- Remaining 17.2% of PHA
- Additional 17% of TCHM
Medscheme won a contract to administer MEDiPOS Medical Scheme
ACT Healthcare Assets acquired 100% of the shares in the DENIS Group, which specialises in dental benefits management
Medscheme was awarded the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) Managed Care Contract, which includes additional services previously not part of the main managed care contract regarding HIV management, maternity management and expanded services relating to medicine management
AfroCentric FastPulse concluded a contract to provide COVID-19 occupational health and safety support for the Western Cape’s Economic Development and Tourism Department
Activo Health acquired Exeltis SA (the holding company of Forrester Pharma and Lamar International)
AfroCentric Health acquired the Sanlam Gap Cover business
ADS acquired the remaining 49% of the shares in Tendahealth
AfroCentric Health acquired the remaining 49% of the shares in ADS
Medscheme was awarded the full managed healthcare tender for SAMWUMED
Conclusion of Sanlam’s acquisition of a controlling shareholding in AfroCentric
Pharmacy Direct retained three provinces from the CCMDD tender and attained two additional provinces (Gauteng and North West)
Disposal of MMed
ADS was unsuccessful in retaining the Bonitas sales, marketing and distribution contract
Disposal of MMed
