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Details: Created: 30 November 2022

Notice is hereby given that the Thirty Eighth Annual General meeting of the Medical Aid Society of Malawi (MASM) will be held on Friday, December 23rd2022 at 14:00 hours at Sunbird Mount Soche Hotel in Blantyre to transact the following business.

AGENDA

To approve minutes of the Thirty Seventh Annual General meeting held on December 29th 2021.
To receive and adopt the Chairman’s report for the year ended June 30th, 2022.
To receive and adopt the Annual Financial Statements and report of the Auditors for the year ended June 30th 2022.
Election of office bearers.

To elect a director to represent the interests of Individual Members. Ms. C. Gunda retires by rotation and being eligible has offered herself for re-election.

In accordance with the Constitution, nomination papers for the above position should be delivered to the secretariat at least 7 clear days before the holding of the AGM. The papers need to be signed as follows: -
1. in the case of a representative of member firms, by not less than three member firms; and
2. in the case of an individual member, by not less than ten individual members.
Directors’ fees for the ensuing year.

Directors Fees

Chairman
K5,250,000 per annum (from K3,500,000) payable quarterly in arrears.

Deputy Chairman
4,800,000 per annum (from K3,200,000) payable quarterly in arrears.
Directors
K4,200,000 per annum (from K2,800,000) payable quarterly in arrears.
Sitting Allowance
Chairman
K300,000 per sitting from K200,000
Directors
K250,000 per sitting from K160,000
To appoint Auditors for the year ending 30th June 2023 and authorize the directors to determine the auditor's remuneration.
To transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

By Order of the Board,

U. Katunga PhD, FCCA
SECRETARY

Please Note

The 38th AGM pack will be available at the Annual General Meeting or requested via one of the following channels:

Blantyre Offices - Telephone Numbers - 01 820 298/01 820 543.

Lilongwe Offices - Telephone Numbers- 01 770 678/ 0880 715 010

Mzuzu Offices - Telephone Number – 0999 859 706/01 311 376

E-mail - management@masm.mw

Website - www.masm.mw

A member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to complete proxy forms. The proxy form needs to be deposited at the Secretariat not less than forty-eight hours before the time for holding the meeting and in default the instrument of proxy shall not be treated as valid.

Details: Created: 16 September 2022

Details: Created: 26 July 2022

Members with Chronic conditions such as diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, epilepsy, Hypertension, renal failure, cancer etc. do require to get repeat prescriptions. This they do by consulting a doctor each time they need refills, which sometimes attract; consultation fees.

Experience has shown that such members deplete their consultation benefit on refills before the end of financial year.

While they are at the doctors', members are encouraged to kindly ask for advance prescriptions for up to three months at no charge. They should make sure that such prescriptions do not replace the need for scheduled reviews and regular check-ups.

If the above ideal scenario is not possible, to reduce the aforementioned burden, members will, effective 1st August 2021 be allowed to obtain a repeat prescription without a live doctor's consultation and there will be no need to wait in a doctor's waiting room to see a doctor for a regular prescription. However, a 'prescription only' fee of K 1000.00 will be charged and claimed from MASM by service providers and not a consultation fee.

Service providers will use tariff code number 03007 when claiming/billing MASM.

All other rules and regulations remain the same.

We trust you will find this in order

DORIKA CHIRWA
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

Details: Created: 31 December 2021

Our Ref: Operations/12/SP/2

To: All Service Providers, MASM Members and MASM Member Firms

From: The Chief Operations Officer

Date: 31st December 2021

Please note that effective 1st February 2022, MASM registered specialists will be designated premier. This is part of the standardization process whereby the same conditions apply to all specialists regardless of where they practice.

To members this means that as with all premier service providers, MASM will cover 90% of the outpatient specialist bills for VIP members and 75% for EXE members, on the agreed rates. The services affected include specialist consultation and all the ancillary services ordered by the specialist. The services excluded are admission, dialysis, oncology lab and drugs which remain at 100% coverage subject to agreed tariffs and respective sub-limits.

The other pre-requisites like referral letter, waiting periods remain unchanged.

Your Faithfully,
Dorika Chirwa
Chief Operations Officer