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 R14 700 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.

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!
• Need a little support through life's ups and downs? The Panda app, available through the Fedhealth Member App, provides mental health support to Fedhealth members.

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