Our out-patient health benefits cover day-to-day medical treatment that does not require hospitalisation. We provide benefits for the following treatment and services:

Acute conditions

GP and specialist consultations

We cover General Practitioner (GP) consultations and specialist consultations.

Acute medicines benefit

We provide benefits for medicines that are medically necessary to treat acute conditions such as colds and flu that are prescribed by a registered doctor.

Acute conditions usually appear suddenly, progress rapidly and do not last long.

Procedures

We cover pathology or blood tests requested by a doctor, radiology or basic x-rays, and non-surgical procedures such as stitches or applying plaster of Paris to broken bones.

Auxilliary Services

We pay for the following from your out-patient benefits:

  • Physiotherapy
  • Biokinetics
  • Chiropractor
  • Psychology
  • Hearing aid acoustician
  • Speech therapy/audiology
  • Dietician
  • Podiatry
  • Occupational therapy
  • Orthotist/prosthetist

Maternity

We include health benefits for additional cover on the cost of out-of-hospital maternity care including:

  • Consultations
  • Radiology
  • Blood tests

Dentistry

  • Consultations
  • Basic dental procedures (removal of teeth and roots, fillings, preventative treatment, scaling and polishing, and x-rays)
  • Specialised dentistry (root canal treatment, dentures, inlays, crowns, bridges, periodontal treatment, orthodontic treatment and surgery)
  • Specialised dentistry is covered on all plans except the Lite plan.

Optometry benefit

We include one eye examination per insured person per year, and frames and lenses (including contact lenses) every two years.

Chronic medicines

We include health benefits for chronic medicines to treat chronic conditions on the Liberty Health Cover Chronic Diseases List. Chronic conditions are conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure that require medication and treatment for more than three (3) continuous months.