SMA POSITION STATEMENTS ISSUED ►
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SMA Position Statements
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Issue Date
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Aesthetic Medicine
SMA's letter to the Straits Times Forum page, in response to ST articles on Aesthetic Medicine since 19 March 2008 [pdf]
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25 Mar 2008 |
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Complaints and Disciplinary processes
SMA feedback to SMC Review Committee on complaints and disciplinary processes under the current Medical Registration Act and Regulations [pdf]
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5 Apr 2013 |
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Dispensing - separation from prescription
SMA’s response to ST articles [pdf]
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11 Jan 2005
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Electrocardiography Stress Testing
Letter to MOH - Guidelines on Provision of Electrocardiography Stress Testing [pdf]
MOH circular - deferment of Guidelines on Provision of Electrocardiography Stress Testing [pdf]
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5 Nov 2015
26 Apr 2016
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Guideline on Fees (GOF)
SMA Circular and FAQs to members [pdf]
SMA Media Release and FAQs [pdf]
President's Forum in SMA News April 2007 issue
"Could SMA Have Not Withdrawn the Guidelines on Fees?" [pdf]
Correspondence with Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS)
- Letter from SMA to CCS dated 28 Feb 2007 [pdf]
- Letter from CCS to SMA dated 9 Mar 2007 [pdf]
- Letter from SMA to CCS dated 10 Apr 2007 [pdf]
- Letter from CCS to SMA dated 16 Apr 2007 [pdf]
Letters to the Straits Times Forum page
- Letter from CCS dated 18 Oct 2008 [pdf]
- Letter from Ms Christine Chen dated 28 Oct 2008 [pdf]
- Letter from SMA dated 30 Oct 2008 [pdf]
- Letter from CCS dated 3 Nov 2008 [pdf]
- Letter from SMA dated 12 Nov 2008 [pdf]
Competition Commission of Singapore - media release of final statement of decision [link]
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19 Aug 2010
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Managed Care - admin fees
Initial letter from SMA [pdf]
Follow-up reply from SMA [pdf]
Final reply from SMC [pdf]
Joint AMS-CFPS-SMA opinion on transactions with Managed Care or Third Party Administrators [pdf]
Joint AMS-CFPS-SMA updated advisory on fees paid to Managed Care [pdf]
June 2017 Joint AMS-CFPS-SMA updated advisory on fees paid to Managed Care [pdf]
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23 Feb 2016
22 Mar 2016
8 Sep 2016
14 Dec 2016
11 Apr 2017
23 Jun 2017
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Managed Care - patient confidentiality
Patient Confidentiality & Managed Healthcare Programmes [pdf]
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15 Nov 2000
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Medical Certificates
Medical Certificates Issued to Patients Who Are Medically Unfit to Attend Court/Judicial Proceedings [pdf]
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30 Nov 2001 |
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MOH Fee Benchmarks
SMA response to MOH published fee benchmarks for private sector professional fees for common surgical procedures [pdf]
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13 Nov 2018 |
SMA ADVISORIES ISSUED ►
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SMA Advisories
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Issue Date
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| Joint CFPS and SMA Advisory on participation in Telemedicine and Online issuance of Medical Certificates [pdf] |
Jan 2018 |
| Lemon Law [pdf] |
October 2012 |
| Managed Care Contracts [pdf] |
25 March 2009 |
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SMA Advisory on Bill Itemisation [pdf]
References:
1. K Singh, LG Goh, PY Cheong. 1996 Survey of Housing Estate Practice Costs and GP Fees in Singapore. Singapore Med J 1997: Vol 38(5): 192-199 [pdf]
2. CY Wong, K Tan, G Foo, A Chua, YV Lee, TH Wong, YW Chong. 2006 Survey of GP Clinic Practice Costs in Singapore. SMA News 2007: Vol 39(11): 10-19) [pdf]
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21 Feb 2008 |
| Revision of PHMC Guidelines [pdf] |
16 Oct 2007 |
| Self Declaration Forms For Insurance Policies [pdf] |
20 Apr 2007 |
| SMA Advisory on Clinic Management Systems (CMS) [pdf] |
23 Oct 2006 |
| Medical Records in Web-Based Systems [pdf] |
23 Sep 2006 |
| Medical Fee-Splitting Among Doctors [pdf] |
7 Oct 2005 |
Maids Employment Medical Examination [pdf]
(Specimen Declaration Forms in English [pdf] and Bahasa Indonesia [pdf] ) |
Mar 2002 |
| Professional Indemnity Protection for Medical Practitioners [pdf] |
Jan 2002 |
| Sale of Non-Medicinal Products from Doctors' Clinics [pdf] |
Nov 2001 |
| Breast and Chest Examinations of Female Patients [pdf] |
Feb 1999 |
OTHER ADVISORIES ►
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Advisories
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Issue Date
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| CNB: standardised letter and template for request for information [pdf] |
Aug 2016 |
| OPG: template for activation of Lasting Power of Attorney [link] |
Aug 2017 |
| SMC: Medical appointment websites [link] |
2 Jun 2015 |
| MOH: Clarification on Co-location Policies in Licensed Medical / Dental Clinics [pdf] |
9 Feb 2015 |
| SMC: Issue of Medical Certificates [pdf] |
3 Mar 1994 |