Abbreviations

ACT	Medical Schemes Act (No 131 of 1998)
CDL	Chronic Disease List
CMS	Council for Medical Schemes
CT	Computed Tomography
CPAP	Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
DSP	Designated Service Provider
DTP	Diagnosis and Treatment Pairs
DRM	Disease Risk Management
FRP (Plus)	Formulary Reference Price (Plus)
GP	General Practitioner
ICD 10	International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
ICON	Independent Clinical Oncology Network
MCC	Medicines Control Council
MRI	Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRP	Mediscor Reference Price
OTC	Over-the-counter medicine
PET	Positron Emission Tomography
PMBs	Prescribed Minimum Benefits
PP	Preferred Provider
PPN	Preferred Provider Negotiators (Optometry Benefits)
PPSHA	PPS Healthcare Administrators (Hospital Pre-authorisation and DRM)
SEP	Single Exit Price for medicines
SRPL	Society Recommended Price List – the rate at which the Society will pay for relevant health services
TTO	To-Take-Out (medicine to take-home from hospital)