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Jargon Explained

DSP: Designated Service Provider (DSP) is a healthcare provider (doctor, pharmacist, hospital, etc) that is a medical scheme’s first choice when its members need diagnosis, treatment or care for a PMB condition. Could be a State facility.

Formulary: List of approved medicines for each condition. Each scheme has its own formulary which determines how it pays for medication. Some schemes have different lists (formularies) for different plans. If the medication you need is not on the formulary, the scheme might not pay for it, or might ask you for a co-payment.

Network Provider: A healthcare service provider (doctor, pharmacy, hospital, optometrist etc) with whom the scheme has a payment or service arrangement. Your plan might limit you to only providers in the network, or might require you to make a co-payment if your provider is not part of the network. Often, if you use network providers, the scheme will cover the cost in full, but check your plan for details.

PMB: Prescribed Minimum Benefits, is a set of conditions and their treatments that every plan must cover, in and out of hospital, regardless of what plan you are on, how much money (if any) is in your medical savings account etc. There are 270 recognised PMBs, including all emergency (life threatening) conditions and 27 chronic conditions. We have a more detailed explanation on PMBs here.

Scheme Rate: 100% is pre-set amount that the Scheme will pay for a service. If they pay at 200%, it means they will pay double what they normally would. You or your gap cover must pay the difference, if any. strong>There is no public reference as to what each Scheme pays out for what service.

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Scheme Info

Fedhealth DynamicSaver C medical aid plan: 2018

Fedhealth DynamicSaver D medical aid plan: 2018

Fedhealth DynamicSaver A medical aid plan: 2018

Fedhealth DynamicSaver B medical aid plan: 2018

Bonitas Hospital Plus medical aid plan: 2018

Bonitas Hospital Standard medical aid plan: 2018

Bonitas BonCap D medical aid plan: 2018

Bonitas BonCap C medical aid plan: 2018

Bonitas BonCap B medical aid plan: 2018

Bonitas BonCap A medical aid plan: 2018

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