Dr Denise Botha Email & Phone Number

South Africa

South Africa

Responsible for providing medical expertise and support to the Clinical Risk Management group. Specific projects included the review of high-cost case management, industry comparison on renal transplant standards and hospital provider reviews of specialised unit standards. Two part-time contracts were accepted during the working period, whereafter an offer from Medihelp was accepted.

South Africa

South Africa

Mercuri International Group: Consulted as a facilitator and assessor for leadership- and sales coaching assessments.

London Area, United Kingdom

SFR Medical: Transcribed medical files for UK medico-legal purposes.

Momentum Metropolitan Health: Consulting done for the Health Risk Management Unit. We welcomed our second child in December and contract work was not renewed.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Responsible for the broad overview of national- and international health care policy and regulations, pertaining to among other UHC, health financing and affordable benefit options, medical scheme regulations, disease-specific financing- and management structures and overall, to remain updated on the most current clinical- and regulatory affairs in the healthcare sector. The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the dynamic work focus to the regulatory-, research- and policy development in the management of this disease nationally.• Co-investigator for a COVID-19 sero-prevalence study initiated by MM Holdings in collaboration with the HSRC and National Ministerial Advisory Committee on Covid-19• Internal input for COVID-19 management including the writing of organisational response to external stakeholders and input to the development of the risk assessment tools used on-siteActivities include:• Background analysis on various healthcare industry regulatory matters affecting the private sector, public-private partnerships, trajectory of NHI and healthcare service delivery in the South African context• Input to official submissions following the release of industry related documents from healthcare sector regulatory bodies• Input to private sector proposals for the introduction of a change in medical scheme regulations in view of the trajectory towards NHI and writing of external submission• Development of internal comparative report based on the review of multiple NHI Bill submissions to the Health Portfolio Committee. • Involvement in a Rare Disease analysis project entailing the analysis of rare disease funding and reimbursement strategies globally to guide a multi-sectoral discussion on the management of rare diseases in South Africa. Additional internal decision making tools were developed in collaboration with the Clinical Policy Unit and Health Risk Management teams. • Add-hoc clinical input to clinical executive cases and rare disease management policies

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Clinical Design RoleResponsible for developing new value-adding products and services for our client base and creating throughput in existing managed care initiatives.• Development of a clinical design framework to streamline the development, proposal and implementation of new healthcare interventions among all the business segments• Positioning and refining of an alternative reimbursement model for maternity- and obstetric service delivery in the medical scheme industry via an outsourced value-based service delivery model• Positioning of improved psychiatry benefits for client schemes after clinical review and collaboration with external specialist NHI Support RoleThis position took on a broader and more strategic focus, supporting the organisation’s work towards NHI implementation through research; writing and strategic input. Activities included • Input to various NHI position papers from the private health care industry• Research and expert input towards organisational feedback on regulatory documents including the NHI Bill, MSA Act and PMB review documents• Providing input to the organisational submission documents for NDoH tender processes• NHI Priority Project work included clinical- and management input towards private public partnerships in the improvement of clinical services in the public sector• Development of resource flow diagrams and health sector service delivery models applicable to different hospitals, districts and provinces for oncology services, which was presented to private sector industry and the national department of health.

Camino De Santiago, France, United Kingdom

Necessary family time used to make the decision to continue healthcare career in public health and healthcare administration and not pursue a clinical specialist career. Walked the Camino de Santiago trail in Spain from April - June 2017.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Responsible for the operational-, relational and strategic management of key account clients Responsible for financial and clinical data interpretation as well as internal- and external relationship management; reporting to the GM of the Private Sector divisionActivities included: • The analysis and interpretation of financial-, clinical- and actuarial data in order to identify population management trends and risk management intervention opportunities to solve client problems• Representing the employer for reporting functions with accountability for clinical reports to clients, presented at scheme Board of Trustee level• Development and support of new managed care strategies • Continual liaison and collaboration with internal stakeholders in the scheme administration and managed care units towards business goals • Ad-hoc medical advisor assessment of clinical cases

Inclusive Healthcare Innovation (Ihi)

(1) Groote Schuur Hospital Innovation Programme Evaluationo Qualitative assessment of- programmatic components and outcome through interviews, transcription and writing up of resultso Quantitative evaluation initiated for projects’ return on investment (2) Social Innovation in Healthcare Initiative (SIHI) o Exploring of theoretical and practical underpinning of social innovation as applied to healthcare through literature review papero Capacity strengthening mechanisms for social innovation in healthcare paper development through literature review of best practice models and primary interviews for leading experts in capacity developmento Needs analysis for academic institutions’ capacity building through primary interviews, transcription and synthesised report

Since 2012 I have been performing surgical assistant work on a part-time ad hoc basis for various specialists among other obstetricians, orthopaedic surgeons and general surgeons in two Cape Town based hospitals.

Thesis topic: # Interoperable electronic health records # The HEART smart card towards unique patient identification for interoperable electronic health records in South AfricaElective subjects:•Global Business Strategy •Innovation for the Base of the Pyramid •Competitive Intelligence Cum Laude, Old Mutual Gold Medal Award

South Africa

I worked as a medical advisor providing electronic healthcare advisory services whilst also completing part-time postgraduate studies.Reason for leaving: Pursued a full-time masters in business administration

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Emergency Unit Practitioner with clinical management of acute and chronic medical / trauma cases. I initially did locum sessions and later accepted a full-time contract. Reason for leaving: Accepted position at HelloDoctor and pursued part-time postgraduate studies

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Responsible for clinical and administrative management of respective units including male, female, paediatric, obstetric and trauma unit. Surgical management including caesarean sections, postpartum sterilizations, laparotomies for ectopic pregnancies, amputations, appendicectomies, trauma critical cases and minor excision lists. Introduction document developed for new community service doctors.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Class RepresentativeThesis topic: The HEART card towards unique patient identification for interoperable.

Honours Public Administration (Honsbpa)

Activities and Societies: Dissertation: Capacity building intervention for the reduction in HIV mother-to-child-transmission (MTCT).

International Study Tour, Innovation For The Base Of The Pyramid

Design Thinking Workshop: Base of the Pyramid Innovation Healthcare Project: Presented to the CEO of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. Infosys.

Mbchb

Activities and Societies: Huis Erika residence house committee member: Portfolio management for marketing, communication and spiritual.