These are the procedures and treatments that take place in hospital for which you’re covered under this affordable medical aid option:

• For your peace of mind, there’s no overall annual limit for network hospitalisation, so you’re covered for any kind of hospital stay.
• You’ll get unlimited maternity cover at PMB level of care, with a R12 900 co-payment on elective C-sections.
• Network GPs and specialists are covered unlimited at cost.
• Non-network GPs, specialists and other healthcare professionals are covered up to 100% of the Fedhealth Rate (limited to R2 500 per beneficiary per year).
• On this option, we cover oncology up to PMB level of care at a Preferred Provider. 

On this option, you’re covered for the 27 PMB chronic conditions. This is subject to a basic formulary using our Designated Service Providers: Clicks, Dis-Chem, Medirite (and their courier pharmacies), and Pharmacy Direct

Our screening benefit includes the tests and healthcare assessments to make sure your and your family’s health stays on the right track:

• Your whole family enjoys a free flu vaccination per beneficiary every year.
• All members can undergo one HIV finger prick test per year.
• We cover one Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) per year for men aged 45 to 69.
• All members enjoy one wellness screening per year that includes BMI, blood pressure, finger-prick cholesterol, and glucose tests.
• All members enjoy one preventative screening by a contracted wellness network provider per year that includes waist-to-hip ratio, body fat %, flexibility, posture, and fitness.

Fedhealth offers many extras to take your health to that next level, such as getting professional medical advice and a transport service when you need post-hospitalisation check-ups. Other additional benefits include:

• All pregnant members and dependants can join the myFED Baby Programme.
• You have access to the Paed-IQ advice line for all your paediatric questions.
• Get the birth support you need: we cover four consultations with a midwife in- and out-of-hospital under our postnatal midwifery benefit.  
• Get cover for female oral and injectable contraceptives subject to the acute formulary.
• Phone our 24-hour toll-free Nurse Line for expert medical and health advice from qualified nurses.
• Our MediTaxi service transports you to follow-up medical treatments following a hospital stay (only certain regions).
• Use our USSD call-back service, SOS Call Me, to access Emergency Medical Services, the Fedhealth Nurse Line or MediTaxi – free of charge to you!

You enjoy benefits like unlimited visits at contracted nominated GPs under this benefit.