Healthcare Associates

31/10/2024

Contact us for further information if you are a full time student and looking for cover both in and out of hospital for R589pm (2025 rates)! You do have to use network hospitals and network GP's but this is really good value. It is a registered medical aid and not medical insurance.

17/10/2024

The weighted average increase for some of the schemes for 2025. Discovery 9.3%, Sizwe Hosmed 12.45%, Bonitas 10.2%, Momentum 9.4% and Fedhealth 12.4%. This is an average across all options per scheme so the increase percentage will vary per option.

19/02/2022

If you are on Discovery Vitality I would like to draw your attention to the update below:
It’s time for your clients to return to gym
Your clients can continue to receive their maximum discount with Vitality. To do this, they must visit their gym at least once before the end of March 2022 and at least once every month thereafter.
We’d hate to see them lose out on getting the most out of the gym benefit, so remind them to take the opportunity to get fit and active again.

Please access our Vitality support page should you need any assistance with Vitality related queries - https://www.discovery.co.za/vitality/help

19/04/2021

If you or anyone you know would like to join Bonitas please read this. If you are under 45 and have belonged to another medical aid for at least 24 months, I have access to a special offer where there is NO underwriting, NO waiting periods or late joiner penalties. Offer only from 1 May 2021 to 31 August 2021. Please contact me directly at 0837786603 or janekemp@mweb.co.za.
Regards, Jane
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29/11/2020

12/11/2020

What are Prescribed Minimum Benefits?

Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMB) is a set of defined benefits to ensure that all medical scheme members have access to certain minimum health services, regardless of the benefit option they have selected. The aim is to provide people with continuous care to improve their health and well-being and to make healthcare more affordable.

PMBs are a feature of the Medical Schemes Act, in terms of which medical schemes have to cover the costs related to the diagnosis, treatment and care of:

any emergency medical condition;
a limited set of 270 medical conditions (defined in the Diagnosis Treatment Pairs);
and- 25 chronic conditions (defined in the Chronic Disease List).

When deciding whether a condition is a PMB, the doctor should only look at the symptoms and not at any other factors, such as how the injury or condition was contracted. This approach is called diagnosis-based. Once the diagnosis has been made, the appropriate treatment and care is decided upon as well as where the patient should receive the treatment (at a hospital, as an outpatient or at a doctor's rooms).

Very important! When joining a new scheme, you need to check with your Broker whether you will have access to PMB's during any waiting period that may be applied to you.

06/10/2020

Medical aids are announcing their premiums and benefits for 2021. Contact us if you are looking for assistance with your option selection for next year.🚑

05/08/2020

How to put on and remove a face mask correctly.

05/08/2020

How to protect yourself and others when leaving and returning home during COVID.

29/07/2020

Here are some figures that make you think.
Extracted from WHO website yesterday:
650,000 Covid 19 deaths this year.
Annual average to***co related deaths – 8 million!
Estimated annual influenza deaths worldwide– 600,000
Now look at things from a local perspective
Extracted from Stats SA:
Covid 19 deaths April to July – 7,000
The following figures from April 2018 to March 2019
Murder – 21,022
Attempted Murder – 18,980
Sexual Offences – 52,420
R**e – 41,583
Assault GBH – 170,979
Common Assault – 162,012
Common robbery – 51,765
Aggravated robbery – 140,032