Dr David Kathan

General practice in Cape Town involves working with multiple medical aid schemes—Bonitas, Discovery, Medshield, Momentum—and managing the paperwork that comes with each one's different coding and billing requirements. Dr David Kathan navigates these systems daily: understanding which treatments a patient's plan will cover, why eFiling to SARS for chronic disease allowances matters for tax purposes, and how to write scripts in a way that pharmacy systems will accept. Cape Town patients often live far from their doctor, which means telephone consultations and repeat prescriptions without an office visit need to work smoothly. GoodX and Elixir practice management systems mean your records are instantly accessible, repeat scripts can be sent directly to your pharmacy, and your doctor can flag drug interactions before you leave the counter.