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Position Statements / Advisories
Position Statements / Advisories
SMA represents its membership on issues of importance to the medical profession, such as private healthcare insurance, managed care, medical ethics and practice matters. It also provides a platform for its
younger members
(junior doctors and medical students) to voice their concerns. As part of its advocacy work, SMA regularly issues Position Statements and Advisories, as well as letters to the press.
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SMA Position Statements Issued
Aesthetic Medicine
SMA's letter to the Straits Times Forum page, in response to ST articles on Aesthetic Medicine since 19 March 2008
25/03/2008
Complaints & Disciplinary Processes
SMA feedback to SMC Review Committee on complaints and disciplinary processes under the current Medical Registration Act and Regulations
05/04/2013
Joint AMS-CFPS-SMA statement on MOH Workgroup recommendations
03/12/2019
Dispensing - separation from prescription
SMA’s response to ST articles
11/01/2005
Electrocardiography Stress Testing
Letter to MOH - Guidelines on Provision of Electrocardiography Stress Testing
05/11/2015
Guideline on Fees (GOF)
Correspondence with Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) - SMA to CCS dated 28 Feb 2007
28/02/2007
SMA Circular and FAQs to members
02/04/2007
Correspondence with Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) - CCS to SMA dated 9 Mar 2007
09/03/2007
Correspondence with Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) - SMA to CCS dated 10 Apr 2007
10/04/2007
Correspondence with Competition Commission of Singapore (CCS) - CCS to SMA dated 16 Apr 2007
16/04/2007
Letters to the Straits Times Forum page
18/10/2008
Integrated Shield Plans
61st SMA Council position statement on "Troubled Integrated Shield Plans"
25/03/2021
Managed Care - admin fees
Initial letter from SMA
23/02/2016
Final reply from SMC
08/09/2016
Joint AMS-CFPS-SMA opinion on transactions with Managed Care or Third Party Administrators
14/12/2016
Joint AMS-CFPS-SMA updated advisory on fees paid to Managed Care
11/04/2017
June 2017 Joint AMS-CFPS-SMA updated advisory on fees paid to Managed Care
23/06/2017
Managed Care - patient confidentiality
Patient Confidentiality & Managed Healthcare Programmes
15/11/2000
Medical Certificates
Medical Certificates Issued to Patients Who Are Medically Unfit to Attend Court/Judicial Proceedings
30/11/2001
MOH Fee Benchmarks
SMA response to MOH published fee benchmarks for private sector professional fees for common surgical procedures
13/11/2018
National Electronic Health Record (NEHR)
SMA's comments on proposed guidelines on appropriate use and access to National Electronic Health Records (NEHR)
02/10/2023