On 30 September 2021, Discovery hosted its first ever virtual workshop with over 10,000 brokers, to announce Discovery Health's benefits and contribution update for 2022.
No increase in contributions up until 01 May 2022
Discovery Health understands that everyone has gone through financial strain during the lockdown, so we are excited to announce that Discovery has decided to freeze all scheme contribution increase across all plans for the first 4 months of 2022. The average increase for 2022 across all plans is 7.9%.
No increase in contributions up until 01 May 2022
Discovery Health understands that everyone has gone through financial strain during the lockdown, so we are excited to announce that Discovery has decided to freeze all scheme contribution increase across all plans for the first 4 months of 2022. The average increase for 2022 across all plans is 7.9%.
Discovery Hospital at Home
From January 2022, members will have access to Discovery Hospital at Home, which is hospital-level care delivered in a patient’s home for several medical and surgical conditions that would otherwise require admission to the hospital. Noach said that the system would work as follows:
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Chronic conditions
Discovery Health has partnered with myHealthTeams to provide DHMS members living with diabetes or heart disease and those impacted by Long-Covid, with access to a digital community of patients living with the same illness. This offering will take effect in January 2022, Noach said.
He said that the system will work as follows:
Discovery Health has partnered with myHealthTeams to provide DHMS members living with diabetes or heart disease and those impacted by Long-Covid, with access to a digital community of patients living with the same illness. This offering will take effect in January 2022, Noach said.
He said that the system will work as follows:
- It connects patients living with the same chronic illness to exchange real-world health experiences and stories.
- It brings in active engagement by medical experts to ensure all conversations and patient-to-patient exchanges are clinically moderated.
- Allows access to regular blogs and live Q&A sessions with local and international medical experts.
- Allows patients to access condition-specific curated content, including the latest clinical treatments and advances in research.
Discovery Pay
Discovery Bank launched Discovery Pay at the end of 2020, a platform that promises secure payments between Discovery contacts with just a cellphone number, no matter where they bank.
In 2022, all Discovery Health Medical Scheme members can use Discovery Pay to transact across the healthcare system. Members can also access Pay as you Gym facilities nationwide and pay Discovery Bank clients using a single number.
By linking your digital Discovery Bank service, Discovery clients will transact seamlessly anywhere in the healthcare system, such as instantly settle any outstanding co-payments or medical payments without the hassle of reconciling part-payments, across a network of the more than 6,400 general practitioners nationwide.
Discovery Bank launched Discovery Pay at the end of 2020, a platform that promises secure payments between Discovery contacts with just a cellphone number, no matter where they bank.
In 2022, all Discovery Health Medical Scheme members can use Discovery Pay to transact across the healthcare system. Members can also access Pay as you Gym facilities nationwide and pay Discovery Bank clients using a single number.
- Activation of Discovery Pay is once-off and activates all features, including payments for healthcare and Pay As You Gym (from as little as R75 per visit).
- There is no additional cost for activating and using Discovery Pay.
By linking your digital Discovery Bank service, Discovery clients will transact seamlessly anywhere in the healthcare system, such as instantly settle any outstanding co-payments or medical payments without the hassle of reconciling part-payments, across a network of the more than 6,400 general practitioners nationwide.
Three months of free Vitality for DHMS members
Vitality will extend its ‘three months offer for free’ to members of most medical schemes administered by Discovery Health, including DHMS.
Vitality will extend its ‘three months offer for free’ to members of most medical schemes administered by Discovery Health, including DHMS.
Below are the brochures for 2022, subject to change:
2022 contribution table
Hospital Network List 2022
Executive Plan 2022
Comprehensive Plans 2022
Priority Plans 2022
Saver Plans 2022
Smart Plans 2022
Core Plans 2022
KeyCare Plans 2022
Forms for 2022:
Applying to become a member of Discovery Health Medical Scheme 2022
Applying to join Discovery Health Medical Scheme when moving from another medical scheme 2022
Employer application to join Discovery Health Medical Scheme 2022
To speak to a Medical Aid Consultant, please email health@daberistic.com, Tel 011-6581333, Option 2 for Medical Aid.
2022 contribution table
Hospital Network List 2022
Executive Plan 2022
Comprehensive Plans 2022
Priority Plans 2022
Saver Plans 2022
Smart Plans 2022
Core Plans 2022
KeyCare Plans 2022
Forms for 2022:
Applying to become a member of Discovery Health Medical Scheme 2022
Applying to join Discovery Health Medical Scheme when moving from another medical scheme 2022
Employer application to join Discovery Health Medical Scheme 2022
To speak to a Medical Aid Consultant, please email health@daberistic.com, Tel 011-6581333, Option 2 for Medical Aid.