Benefit | Discovery Primary Care Advanced | Discovery Primary Care Activate |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse visits | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Videomed | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Acute medication | Cover for formulary medication at a pharmacy in the nurse network | Cover for formulary medication at a pharmacy in the nurse network |
| Chronic medication | - Cover for 27 conditions, as per prescribed chronic medication formulary - Chronic medication covered at a pharmacy in the nurse network if it was done via Videomed (external scripts must go to Clicks) | No benefit |
| Radiology | - Cover for black and white x-rays - Must go to Primary Care Radiology network - Use the pathology radiology request form (order from Health Professional Zone | No benefit |
| Pathology | - Cover for basic blood test - Must go to Ampath, Lancet or PathCare - Use the pathology radiology request form (order from Health Professional Zone | No benefit |
| Face-to-face GP | - Must be after a Videomed and must be a Primary Care network GP | - Must be after a Videomed and must be a Primary Care network GP |
| Flu vaccine | - Annual vaccine at network pharmacy | - Annual vaccine at network pharmacy |
| HIV management | - Cover for antiretroviral medication, multivitamins and supportive medicine, blood tests and X-rays as well as post-exposure prophylaxis medication | - Cover for antiretroviral medication, multivitamins and supportive medicine, blood tests and X-rays as well as post-exposure prophylaxis medication |
| Ambulance | - Must be Netcare 911 | - Must be Netcare 911 if member has trauma benefit |
| Health screenings/wellness | - Includes Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, Cholesterol, Glucose and HIV testing | - Includes Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, Cholesterol, Glucose and HIV testing |
From Discovery Primary Care Nurse Network Handbook 2020