medihelp products 2012


Dimension Prime 2

Your health determines your quality of life. Maintaining your health and making provision for the best care when you or your loved ones need it, is important. That's why it is essential to invest in your future by partnering with a medical scheme that offers you access to the best quality private healthcare.

What makes the Dimension Prime 2 benefit option unique?

  • Day-to-day benefits
  • Savings account
  • Dependent children under 26 pay subscriptions for child dependants
  • You pay for maximum two children
  • Preventative care benefits - health and benefit booster

Monthly contribution

 
Member Subscription (includes a compulsory savings account portion )
Principal member

R1,308 (R288 savings included)

Adult dependant

R1,068 (R234 savings included)

Child dependant younger than 26 years

R390 (R84 savings included)

(You pay for maximum two children)

The subscription above includes the monthly contribution to the personal medical savings account. Multiplied by 12 months this will equal the amount available in the savings account for day-to-day medical expenses indicated in the table below:

Member Savings account contribution and balance
Principal member R288 x 12 = R3,456
Adult dependant R234 x 12 = R2,808
Child dependant younger than 26 years R84 x 12 = R1,008

Preventative care - Health and benefit booster

 
Immunisations*
Standard immunisation for children younger than 7 years (vaccine only)
Flu vaccination
1 per beneficiary per year
Tetanus vaccine
1 per beneficiary per year
Subject to protocols
HPV vaccine
Subject to protocols
(Females between 10 and 26 years)
Health tests*
Pap smear – pathology (item code 4566)
1 per beneficiary per year
Blood sugar test – pathology (item code 4057)
1 per beneficiary per year
(40 years and older)
Cholesterol test – pathology (item code 4027)
1 per beneficiary per year
(40 years and older)
Standard mammogram – radiology
(item code 3605/39175/34100/34101)
1 per beneficiary per year
(Females 40 years and older)
Prostate test – pathology (item code 4519)
1 per beneficiary per year
(40 years and older)
HIV rapid test (in addition to PMB)
1 per beneficiary per year
Subject to protocols
(15 years and older)
Additional benefits
Pregnancy consultations
12 per family per year
Pregnancy sonars (2D)
2 per family per year
Paediatric consultations
2 visits in baby’s first year
Back treatment programme at a Medihelp appointed facility as a prerequisite for spinal column surgery
Subject to protocols and pre-approval
1 programme per beneficiary per year

* Benefits are provided at 100% of the contracted/scheme tariff and do not include the consultation fee, which will be paid from the available day-to-day benefits where applicable.

Major medical benefits

 
Description Benefit
HOSPITALISATION
(government and private hospitals and day clinics)
Subject to pre-registration, pre-authorisation, protocols and case management
  • Intensive and high care wards
  • Ward accommodation
  • Theatre fees
  • Visits, treatment and ward medicine
  • Surgery and anaesthesia

100% of the contracted/scheme tariff/medicine price
Procedure-specific co-payments may apply (non-PMB cases)
Unlimited

20% co-payment if not pre-authorised

ORGAN TRANSPLANT
CONFINEMENT 
ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES
  • During hospitalisation
100% of the contracted/scheme tariff
Unlimited
R2,000 co-payment per admission
  • In the doctor's rooms
100% of the scheme tariff
Unlimited
HYSTERECTOMY 100% of the contracted/scheme tariff
Unlimited
R700 co-payment per admission 
ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION  100% of the contracted/scheme tariff
R4,250 co-payment per admission  
ONCOLOGY (SAOC NETWORK - ONCOPRIME PROTOCOL)
Subject to pre-authorisation
  • Surgery and hospitalisation
  • Chemotherapy and radiotherapy (PMB cases)
    During and not during hospitalisation

100% of the scheme tariff/cost
Unlimited

  • Chemotherapy and radiotherapy (non-PMB cases)
    During and not during hospitalisation
Savings account
GENERAL RADIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY
During hospitalisation
100% of the scheme tariff
Unlimited
PHYSIOTHERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL AND SPEECH THERAPY, DIETICIAN SERVICES, AUDIOMETRY, PODIATRY, MASSAGE, ORTHOPTIC, CHIROPRACTIC, HOMEOPATHIC, HERBAL AND NATUROPATHIC, OSTEOPATHIC AND BIOKINETIC SERVICES 
During hospitalisation
100% of the scheme tariff/cost
Unlimited
OXYGEN
During hospitalisation
100% of the scheme tariff/cost
DIALYSIS
During and not during hospitalisation
Subject to pre-authorisation
100% of the scheme tariff
Unlimited
TECHNOLOGIST SERVICES
During and not during hospitalisation
100% of the scheme tariff
Unlimited

APPLICABLE MEDICINE DISPENSED AND CHARGED BY THE HOSPITAL ON DISCHARGE FROM THE HOSPITAL  (TTO)

Chronic medicine excluded

100% of the medicine price
R250 per admission
NECK AND BACK FUSIONS (non-PMB cases)
Subject to protocols and pre-authorisation
100% of the contracted/scheme tariff
Unlimited
R12,480 co-payment per admission
CIRCUMCISION OR HYMENECTOMY 100% of the contracted/scheme tariff
Unlimited
R1,870 co-payment per admission
ADENOIDECTOMY AND/OR TONSILLECTOMY 100% of the contracted/scheme tariff
R1,750 co-payment per admission 
EXCISION OF NAIL BED  100% of the contracted/scheme tariff
R950 co-payment per admission  
DENTAL PROCEDURES UNDER GENERAL ANAESTHESIA 
Subject to Denis protocols and pre-authorisation
  • Hospitalisation
  • General anaesthesia

100% of the Medihelp Dental Tariff
R1,360 co-payment per admission

20% co-payment if not authorised

  • Dentist's account

Savings account

INTERNALLY IMPLANTED PROSTHESES (non-PMB cases) 

  • EVARS prosthesis
    Subject to pre-authorisation

100% of the scheme tariff/cost
R83,140 per beneficiary per year

  • Vascular/cardiac prosthesis
100% of the scheme tariff/cost
R35,600 per beneficiary per year
  • Health-essential functional prosthesis
    Subject to pre-authorisation

 

 

  • Intra-ocular lenses
100% of the scheme tariff/cost
R39,470 per beneficiary per year

Sub-limit:
100% of the scheme tariff/cost
2 lenses per beneficiary per year
R2,760 per lens
  • Hip, knee and shoulder replacements
    Hospitalisation and prosthesis component
For member's account 
  • Prosthesis with reconstructive or restorative surgery
    Subject to pre-authorisation
    During and not during hospitalisation
100% of the scheme tariff/cost
R6,230 per family per year
SPECIALISED RADIOLOGY
Services rendered during and not during hospitalisation
  • MRI and CT scanning are subject to pre-authorisation
  • Angiogram
100% of the scheme tariff
R13,830 per family per year
PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT OF A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION
Subject to pre-authorisation
  • Professional services rendered during and not during hospitalisation by a psychiatrist
  • General ward accommodation
  • Electroconvulsive therapy
  • Medicine supplied during the period of the treatment in the institution

100% of the contracted/scheme tariff/medicine price
R15,640 per beneficiary per year (maximum R21,430 per family per year)

20% co-payment if not pre-authorised

PRIVATE NURSING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO HOSPITALISATION

Subject to pre-authorisation

100% of the contracted/scheme tariff/medicine price
Unlimited

HOSPICE SERVICES AND SUB-ACUTE FACILITIES AS ALTERNATIVE TO HOSPITALISATION

Subject to pre-authorisation

100% of the contracted/scheme tariff/medicine price
Unlimited

20% co-payment if not pre-authorised

FUNCTIONAL NASAL SURGERY  100% of the contracted/scheme tariff
R4,250 co-payment per admission 
MYRINGOTOMY  100% of the contracted/scheme tariff
R1,750 co-payment per admission 
REFLUX SURGERY  100% of the contracted/scheme tariff
R8,600 co-payment per admission 
REMOVAL OF SKIN LESIONS  100% of the contracted/scheme tariff
R950 co-payment per admission 
ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES
  • During hospitalisation
100% of the contracted/scheme tariff
Unlimited
R2,000 co-payment per admission
  • In the doctor's rooms
100% of the scheme tariff
Unlimited

Major medical benefits – trauma recovery (PMB cases)

 
Description Benefit
BENEFITS FOR TRAUMA THAT NECESSITATES HOSPITALISATION IN THE CASE OF:
  • Motor vehicle accidents
  • Stab wounds
  • Gunshot wounds
  • Head trauma
  • Burns
  • Near drowning
Subject to pre-authorisation and case management

100% of the cost

Unlimited - in accordance with PMB regulations

POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (Optipharm)

Major medical benefits – prescribed minimum benefits (PMB)

 
Description Benefit
DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND CARE COSTS OF 270 PMB AND 26 CHRONIC CONDITIONS ON THE CHRONIC DISEASES LIST (CDL), INCLUDING OUTPATIENT TREATMENT 
Subject to protocols, pre-authorisation and preferred providers (where applicable)
100% of the cost
Unlimited - in accordance with PMB regulations
Co-payments may apply

Emergency medical services

 
Description Benefit

EMERGENCY TRANSPORT SERVICES (NETCARE 911)

Transport by road or air within the borders of the RSA, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique and Namibia (residents of these countries)

100% of the contracted tariff
Unlimited
Outside these borders:
  • Transport by road
100% of the cost
R1,360 per case
  • Transport by air
100% of the cost
R8,840 per case
BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICES AND THE TRANSPORT OF BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS 100% of the cost
Unlimited
24-HOUR HELPLINE AND RAPE CRISIS CENTRE (NETCARE 911) Phone 082 911 for advice in a medical emergency

Day-to-day benefits

 
Description Benefit
GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS, MEDICAL SPECIALISTS AND EMERGENCY UNITS
  • Treatment (medical and surgical services, anaesthesia as well as material and medicines used during the rendering of a service)
100% of the scheme tariff/medicine price/cost
Savings account
  • Consultations and follow-up consultations
PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
Treatment and material
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHIATRIC NURSES
Services rendered during and not during hospitalisation
100% of the scheme tariff/medicine price/cost
Savings account
OCCUPATIONAL AND SPEECH THERAPY, DIETICIAN SERVICES, AUDIOMETRY, PODIATRY, MASSAGE, ORTHOPTIC, CHIROPRACTIC, HOMEOPATHIC, HERBAL AND NATUROPATHIC, OSTEOPATHIC AND BIOKINETIC SERVICES

MEDICINE

Medicine dispensed by the Medihelp Preferred Pharmacy Network not during hospitalisation: 

  • Acute medicine (including medicine dispensed at an emergency unit and self-medication, oral contraceptives, intra-uterine devices and homeopathic, herbal, naturopathic and osteopathic medicine)

80% of the medicine price

Savings account

  • Chronic medicine

For the member's account

  • Authorised chronic PMB medicine
    CDL conditions only

100% of the cost

Unlimited

Co-payments may apply

OPTOMETRY
Benefits are subject to pre-authorisation by PPN and services should be obtained from a PPN provider

  • Optometric examinations

Benefits are available per 24-month cycle per beneficiary:

1 comprehensive consultation, including refraction test, tonometry and visual fields test

  • Spectacles and contact lenses
    Benefits are limited to either spectacles or contact lenses:
    • Spectacles:
      • Frame and/or lens enhancements
R150 (PPN frame)
  • Lenses
    One pair of standard high-quality clear lenses

Clear single vision lenses

or

clear Aquity bifocal lenses

  • Contact lenses
R950 (only PPN provider)

OXYGEN
Not during hospitalisation

Subject to pre-authorisation

100% of the scheme tariff/cost
20% co-payment in case of no pre-authorisation

DENTAL SERVICES
Benefits are subject to clinical protocols determined by Denis

  • Routine check-ups

100% of the Medihelp Dental Tariff

 Savings account

  • Oral hygiene

          Fluoride treatment for children only

  • Fillings
    A treatment plan and X-rays may be required for multiple fillings
  • Tooth extractions and root canal treatment in the dentist's chair
  • Laughing gas (in the dentist's chair)
  • Dental procedures under conscious sedation in the dentist's chair (sedation cost)

         Subject to pre-authorisation

100% of the Medihelp Dental Tariff
For extensive dental treatments only

Dentist's account:

Savings account

  • Plastic dentures
100% of the Medihelp dental tariff
Savings account
  • Specialised dental services

        All specialised dentistry should be pre-authorised

  • Partial metal frame dentures
 

100% of the Medihelp Dental Tariff

 Savings account


  • Maxillofacial surgery and oral pathology
  • Surgery in the dentist's chair 
    Benefit for temporomandibular joint (TMJ) therapy are limited to non-surgical interventions/treatments
  • Crowns and bridges
  • Implants
  • Orthodontic treatment
    Fixed braces - only one beneficiary per family may begin orthodontic treatment
    per 365-day cycle
  • Periodontic treatment
    Subject to registration on the Perio Programme
    Conservative, non-surgical therapy only
  • X-rays
  • Intra-oral X-rays
  • Extra-oral X-rays

GENERAL RADIOLOGY

100% of the scheme tariff
Savings account

PATHOLOGY

Excluding services requested by homeopaths, herbalists and naturopaths

MEDICAL, SURGICAL AND ORTHOPAEDIC APPLIANCES
Services rendered during and not during hospitalisation:
  • Artificial eyes, speech and hearing aids

100% of the scheme tariff/cost
R3,210 per family per 3-year cycle/savings account

  • Artificial limbs and wheelchairs
  • Other appliances, including hyperbaric oxygen treatment
100% of the scheme tariff/cost
Savings account
  • Stoma components and urine bags
100% of the scheme tariff/cost
Unlimited
Rules and exclusions

This is a summary of the available benefits. In the event of a dispute the registered Rules of Medihelp will apply, subject to approval by the Registrar of Medical Schemes. If a beneficiary joins during the course of a financial year, the benefits (limits) are calculated pro rata according to the remaining number of months per year. Click here