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Circular 11 of 2026: Healthcare Utilisation Annual Statutory Return 2024/2025

The purpose of this circular is to inform stakeholders about the submission of the Healthcare Utilisation Annual Statutory Returns (HUASR) for 2026.

The ASR Healthcare Utilisation system will become operational from 17 April 2026. Medical schemes are required to submit data by the deadline listed in the table below. In order to limit traffic on the system, data officers will be required to load schemes’ data on specifically assigned days. The submission schedule will be shared with data officers once finalised. Data officers who require a change to the dates assigned to their scheme are requested to engage the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) before commencement of the submission period, which is 17 April 2026.

Medical schemes should take note of the following crucial data submission deadlines, which are intended to allow them sufficient time to compile the data and ensure accurate and complete submissions:

Deadlines Description Start date End date
Electronic data submission The deadline for the electronic submission of scheme data 17 April 2026 29 May 2026
Feedback reports Feedback to schemes on data submission and possible resubmission of data 5 June 2026 5 June 2026
Resubmission of data Resubmission of data due to errors identified in feedback reports 5 June 2026 12 June 2026
Final signed-off report Final report signed off by PO and Trustees 15 June 2026 3 July 2026

 

Download the Circular here.