{"id":2816,"date":"2022-12-07T13:13:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T11:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/?p=2816"},"modified":"2022-12-07T14:09:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T12:09:38","slug":"a-review-of-our-coida-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmediacreative.co.za\/afrocentric\/archives\/2816","title":{"rendered":"A review of our COIDA project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
It has been a challenge, but two years into our Medscheme\/Compensation Fund project \u2013 which reviews and updates COIDA medical tariff files to align with medical aid industry projects \u2013 we are seeing some success.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Many of us may have worked in the government sector during our formative years of employment. Although on the surface it may now seem as though \u201cwe\u2019ve got this\u201d, in reality transitioning from government to the private sector or vice versa has never been easy. Feelings are similar, regardless of where you are employed. With a good attitude, a mindset change, self-control, emotional maturity, ego management and a can-do attitude, it can be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ability to listen and the willingness to learn, respecting people and humanity are some of the attributes that can make corporate culture shock easy to manage. After all, whether employment is in government or the private sector, the relationship between the two sectors will always be mutually beneficial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the COIDA project has worked<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initial assessment phase of the Medscheme\/Compensation Fund COIDA project provided a springboard for Medscheme \u2013 not only workwise, in terms of files and processes, but also for getting to know who\u2019s who in the department, and becoming acquainted with the different personalities and the thinking processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It hasn\u2019t been easy, but our goal has always been to perform a task to the best of our ability while sharing our much-needed private sector skills with the Fund. After all, we would not have been able to survive in the private sector had it not been for our background from the government sector, which is true for the majority of our healthcare professionals practising in private.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now we are one year and eight months into the project. Can you believe that the Covid-19 pandemic is the same age as the project in South Africa? Remember the dreaded announcement and reporting by the Minister of Health and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases that the first Covid case was diagnosed in KwaZulu-Natal? It was on 5 March 2020, and the project started on 14 March 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overcoming the challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of you may not know that the challenges of working from home almost derailed the project. We were all using Microsoft Teams for the first time. If you think connectivity challenges are an issue in Medscheme, wait until you hear: \u201cColleagues, I am on two devices; I have network challenges!\u201d The words \u201cchallenges\u201d and \u201ccolleagues\u201d have become synonymous with the project. Many lessons and new words were learnt!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We would not be doing it justice if we forgot to mention our first report-reading session at the Steering Committee Meeting. On the first day of reading the report, the saying \u201csaved by the bell\u201d came in handy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our values<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fund came with the Batho Pele (\u201cpeople first\u201d) principles, which we all know. We came to the project with more: the Batho Pele principles plus<\/strong> the AfroCentric Group values of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n