Bestmed Medical Scheme · HIV

HIV/AIDS care programme

HIV/AIDS chronic management with ART; pathology, consults, medicine, hospital treatment, counselling, MTCT cover and PEP.

You must registerThis benefit does not start on its own. Until you register, you are paying for cover you are not receiving.

How: Register condition with Bestmed (086 000 2378); enrol via LifeSense; select DSP pharmacy for ART

“To register on the HIV/AIDS managed care programme, members simply have to phone the LifeSense Helpline on 086 050 6080.”

At a glance

Scheme: Bestmed Medical Scheme
Benefit area: HIV
Who it is for: Every Bestmed Medical Scheme option
Limit: The scheme states a limit without a rand figure · PMB / funding-guideline driven
Paid from: risk
Who qualifies: Confirmed HIV/AIDS diagnosis; benefits by stage.
Where you may go: LifeSense (HIV/AIDS Managed Care DSP/MCO); member-selected DSP pharmacy for ART — non-DSP hospital → liable for difference above contracted rates

“Members will not incur co-payments for PMB medications that are on the formulary for which there is no generic alternative.”

“HIV/AIDS MANAGED CARE DSP LIFESENSE Tel: +27 (0)86 050 6080”

Which plans carry it

Every Bestmed Medical Scheme option.

The scheme states every option.

“In addition to the PMBs, Bestmed also offers an HIV/AIDS managed care programme with LifeSense that members can register for ...”

Where this comes from

Managed Care Guide 20261.pdf, p.13-15 · managed_care_guide. Read from that document on 2026-08-16 for the 2026 plan year.

Every statement on this page is read from a Bestmed Medical Scheme document and quoted so you can check it. Where a document says nothing, this page says so rather than filling the gap.

Check what your own plan leaves you to pay Your plan, your family, your conditions — the shortfall in rands before you choose a gap policy.

Programme rules are set by the scheme and change at renewal. This page renders what Bestmed Medical Scheme’s own documents say, with the wording quoted so you can check it. Confirm with the scheme before you rely on it.