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Maximising your medical aid benefits is essential to ensuring you get the most value from your plan. Here’s how to take full advantage of your Bestmed option.

Preventative care benefits

Preventative care is the cornerstone of good health. Bestmed provides extensive preventative care benefits across all our options, including:

• Vaccinations: Annual flu vaccines are fully covered and help to protect you against common illnesses.

• Child immunisations: Paediatric immunisations are fully covered to ensure your child dependants are protected.

• Screenings:
  Pap smear: Covered for members aged 18 and older, once every 24 months.
  Mammogram: Covered for women aged 40 and above, once every 24 months.
  Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test: Covered for men aged 50 and above, once every 24 months.

• Contraceptives: Female contraceptives are included in the preventive care benefits.

These preventive measures are designed to help members to detect potential health issues early. This makes timely intervention a possibility and enable better health outcomes.

Health screenings
Regular health screenings are vital for early detection. Bestmed’s Tempo wellness programme benefits include blood pressure checks, cholesterol tests and glucose tests. These health screenings help you to identify risk factors early.

Tempo wellness programme
Bestmed’s Tempo wellness programme helps members live the life they want. Best of all, Tempo is free to all members and their dependants.

• Lifestyle Screening: Members aged 16 and older can complete their Tempo Lifestyle Screening. It includes a lifestyle questionnaire, blood pressure check, cholesterol check, glucose check, as well as height and weight checks. The lifestyle screenings are done at Tempo partner pharmacies, on-site at participating employer groups or

• Physical wellness benefits: One (1) face-to-face physical fitness assessment with a Tempo partner biokineticist, with a follow-up session that includes a personalised exercise plan. Members can also access online resources via the Bestmed App.

• Nutritional benefits: One (1) face-to-face nutrition assessment with a Tempo partner dietitian, with a follow-up session that includes a tailored healthy eating plan. Members can also access online resources via the Bestmed App.