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Private healthcare for small and medium businesses - AXA PPP healthcare
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Private healthcare for
small and medium businesses
Private healthcare for small and medium businesses - AXA PPP healthcare
Jack of all trades card V1 - 09.04.14

                             Jack of all trades       You’re the first through the door, and the last
                                                      to leave. The jack of all trades and the master too.
                                 Jack of all trades

                                                      Small businesses are the fuel that powers Britain. You’re the
    Cornerstone V1 - 09.04.14
                                                      future employment prospects for millions, the cornerstone of
                                                      our recovery, and the backbone of our economy.
                               The
                           cornerstone
                              of our
                           recovery                   And it’s our job to keep you healthy.

                                                      We can help you build a healthcare plan that’s as unique as
                                                      your business. A plan to fast track you and your people
                                                      with access to diagnosis and treatment.
                                                      And to support you all back to health, and back to work as
                                                      quickly as possible.

                                                      We’re committed to working together with you to ensure
                                                      your business healthcare scheme is tailored to your
                                                      business and that you and your employees are
                                                      supported every step of the way.

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Contents

   Benefits of healthcare cover for your business . . . . . .  4         Support for you to help ease the pressure . . . . . . . .  16

   Building a plan for your business  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6   Support for your team as part of your membership . .  18

   Manage the cost of your plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8   Your choices explained  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20

   What you can expect from us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11     Your options explained  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  23

   Our Heart and Cancer Commitment  . . . . . . . . . . . .  14          Start small – think big . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30

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Private healthcare for small and medium businesses - AXA PPP healthcare
Nothing compares to the independence of managing a
                         business, but it can be tough too. You have to wear all the
                         hats, juggle all the balls (and budgets), and keep going
                         long after everyone else has downed tools for the night.
                         One thing is certain, it’s a lot easier to keep all the plates
                         spinning when you and your team are fit and healthy.
                         We’ve thought of everything we can do to help get you
                         better and back to work fast.

Benefits of healthcare
for your business

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Private healthcare for small and medium businesses - AXA PPP healthcare
Benefits of healthcare for your business

•	Build a healthcare plan as personal                    • See an experienced specialist or                           •	Added value to your team with our
  as your business                                           practitioner every time                                      member offers
	We offer a wide range of flexible choices that can      	Know that you’re always seeing someone who’s an             	You and your team will have access to member
  be tailored to suit the needs of your business and        expert in their field, someone with all the specialist        discounts at health clubs across the UK making
  your budget.                                              knowledge, skills and training needed for your                keeping fit and healthier a lot easier. And you
                                                            diagnosis and treatment.                                      can also get money off expert lifestyle health
                                                                                                                          assessments so you know just how well you’re
                                                          	We work with over 24,000 experienced specialists
•	Get appointments that fit around                                                                                       looking after yourself.
                                                            and practitioners.
  work and remove the hassle
	You need to be in work, not waiting in queues feeling
                                                          •	Expert help                                                •	Meeting your duty of care
  unwell. With our Fast Track Appointments service,
  we can save you precious time and trouble by                                                                          	We’ll help to keep your employees as fit and healthy
                                                          	Imagine having a medical expert you could call
  booking your appointments fast.                                                                                         as possible so that they’re able to work productively
                                                            anytime you or your team have a health worry, big
                                                                                                                          for your business.
	When your GP refers you or one of your team for           or small. Our nurses and counsellors are available
  treatment, just ask for an open referral (which is a      by phone 24/7 to give health information and help           	The services included with your healthcare plan can
  referral that doesn’t name an individual specialist)      support your team whenever they need it.                      also help towards meeting your duty of care.
  and we’ll arrange and book everything to suit you,      	With health constantly in the news and all over the
  including the right time, the right location (near        web, it’s tough knowing what to trust. Our online health
  home or work) and even outside of normal working          centres bring together the latest information and facts     •	And it costs less than you may think
  hours. We aim to have booked your appointment by          from our own doctors and nurses, leading medical            	A healthcare plan probably costs much less than you
  the end of the next working day.                          authorities, specialist charities and NHS resources so        may think. For many of our members, subscriptions
                                                            you get straight to the information you need.                 are less than everyday costs like mobile bills, a daily
                                                                                                                          visit to the coffee shop, or even printer cartridges.
•	Fast telephone access to expert                                                                                      	Your budget is an important part of all the points we
  physiotherapy services                                  •	Dedicated Heart and Cancer Nurses                            consider and we can easily talk you through your
	As a member of AXA PPP healthcare, with our               at the end of the phone                                       choices so you get healthcare at a price that suits you.
  Working Body service you can arrange a phone call       	If you or one of your team should fall ill with cancer
  with a physiotherapist about all types of conditions      or a heart condition, one of our qualified nurses
  that affect bones, joints and muscles, to make sure       will support them and their family, offering expert
  you're getting the advice and treatment that's right      guidance on treatment, side effects, feelings and
  for you. And there's no need to see your GP first.        even how to talk to friends and family about their
                                                            condition.

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With such a wide range of flexible choices there’s a healthcare
Building a plan for   plan just waiting to be created for every business and budget.

your business         You can tailor everything from the kinds of treatments you want
                      to cover to how you pay.

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Private healthcare for small and medium businesses - AXA PPP healthcare
Building a plan for your business
 1.	
    Start with the
    Core plan
                                 2.	
                                    Add or take away these options until you get a plan that fits your business

                         Core
                         Plan
                                                         Out-patient      Standard          Enhanced              Full
                                                          options        out-patient   or out-patient or out-patient

See ‘Your choices
explained’ on page 20.

                                                                                                                                                                 Your choice
                                                            More                             Mental                              Extended         Extra Cancer   of Employee
                                                                          Therapies                            Extra care
                                                           options                           health                                cover              cover       Assistance
                                                                                                                                                                 Programmes

                                                          Additional     Dentist and
                                                                                              Travel
                                                           options         Optician
                                                                                              Cover
                                                                          Cashback

                                 3.	
                                    Manage the cost of your plan

                                                                          Six week
                                                            Excess                           How to pay          Two year fix
                                                                           option

                                •	Six or more of you?                 •	Add the family too                       •	Let us help
                                	You can create a plan that           	Add family members to get                 	If this is the first time you’ve
                                  provides different levels of cover     healthcare cover at business rates.         looked at buying healthcare
                                  for different groups of people.                                                    insurance, there can seem a lot to
                                  Some businesses provide more                                                       take in. The best way to work out
                                  cover for their management teams                                                   what’s right for you is to call us on
                                  or other key staff.                                                                0800 38 77 54.

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To find out more about your core plan and other options go to page 20.
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Manage the cost
of your plan

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Private healthcare for small and medium businesses - AXA PPP healthcare
Manage the cost of your plan

Control your subscriptions in a                            Your underwriting options:
number of ways:
•	Choose an excess                                        •	Two-year moratorium                                      •	Fully underwritten
	You can choose an excess of £100, £250 or £500 as       	How members are covered for                               	How members are covered for
   a way of controlling your subscription.                   pre-existing conditions                                     pre-existing conditions
                                                           	If they have experienced symptoms or been treated         	Pre-existing medical conditions will be excluded from
                                                             for a medical condition in the last five years, they'll     cover where necessary.
•	The   six week option                                    only be covered for that condition after:
                                                                                                                           Medical declaration form needed – we may
                                                                                                                         ü 
	If you’re comfortable using the NHS but worry              •	
                                                                they’ve been covered by us for two consecutive             also ask for a GP medical report.
   about potentially long waiting times, then the six           years (this is the moratorium period)
   week option could be for you. If eligible treatment        •	they’ve been completely free of any form of
   is available on the NHS within six weeks from the              treatment, investigations, medical advice, drugs
   date it should take place, then you will use the NHS.                                                               •	Medical history disregarded
                                                                  or medicines or special diets relating to that
   However if the wait for treatment is more than six             condition for a consecutive one-year period          	How members are covered for
   weeks from when it should take place, then you can                                                                    pre-existing conditions
   go private straight away.                                    Medical declaration form not needed.
                                                              •	
                                                                                                                       	Cover is provided for treatment of previous medical
	As a guide, choosing this option for each of your                                                                      conditions, subject to the membership terms.
  employees could save you up to 20% off your                                                                            Only available if you cover 15 or more people.
  annual subscription.                                     • Continued medical exclusions
                                                           	How members are covered for                                   Medical declaration form not needed.
                                                                                                                         •	
                                                             pre-existing conditions
•	Choose how you want to pay                              	Continued medical exclusions is usually an option
	You can save 5% by paying your subscription yearly.       if you switch to us from another health insurer.
                                                             This means that in most cases, we will give you the
                                                             option to continue any medical underwriting that was
                                                             applied by your previous insurer.
•	Choose to fix your subscription for
                                                           	When you switch, remember that our membership
    two years                                                terms will start to apply to your plan and these
	You can choose the reassurance of knowing what             are likely to be different to those of your previous
  subscription you’ll pay for each employee for the next     insurer. If you’re not sure how this might affect your
  two years.                                                 cover, please call us on 0800 38 77 54.
                                                                Medical declaration form not needed in most
                                                              •	
                                                                circumstances.*

                                                            *Please note a medical declaration form will
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                                                             be required for groups of 1-2 members.
Private healthcare for small and medium businesses - AXA PPP healthcare
What you can create

These are four fictional businesses
created to show how flexible cover
and costs are. The businesses are
based in Guildford, Surrey, each
with six employees aged 25, 30,
35, 40, 45 and 50.
                                          •D
                                            aisychain                •A
                                                                        ppletree               •B
                                                                                                  luebell Wood            •C
                                                                                                                             loverfield
The businesses all have core cover         Holdings                    Trading                   Enterprises                Associates
and Extra Cancer cover as standard.
We chose an excess of £100, a             In addition to core cover   Appletree Trading has     Bluebell Wood wanted       Cloverfield Associates
                                          Daisychain Holdings         opted to include the      to give their employees    has unlimited out‑patient
two-year moratorium and annual            included two out-patient    Standard Out‑patient      the options of cover for   consultations.
payment for all four.                     consultations a year.       Option with their         private GP consultations
                                                                                                                           Their work is in a high
                                                                      core cover.               and using any hospital
                                          Whilst diagnosis is                                                              pressured industry
Plan costs are representative as          carried out privately,      Because their work is
                                                                                                in the UK, so extended
                                                                                                                           and things can get
                                                                                                cover was added.
of October 2016.                          members will use the        physically demanding                                 stressful now and then
                                          NHS for treatment when      cover for physiotherapy   They also have the         so mental health and
Here are some examples of how we          available within six
                                          weeks of when it should
                                                                      was also included.        standard out-patients
                                                                                                option and therapies
                                                                                                                           extra care cover was
                                                                                                                           added too.
tailored a plan to suit their business.   take place.
                                                                      Equivalent weekly
                                                                      subscription:
                                                                                                included.
                                                                                                                           Equivalent weekly
                                          Equivalent weekly           £38.55 or                 Equivalent weekly          subscription:
                                          subscription:               £6.43 per employee        subscription:              £54.30 or
                                          £28.34 or                                             £47.34 or                  £9.06 per employee
                                          £4.72 per employee                                    £7.89 per employee

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What you can
expect from us

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Your access to specialists and private healthcare

                                We hope you’ll never need to see          •	Over 250 hospitals and 250
                                inside a private hospital, but if you       scanning centres
                                                                            Means you’re never far from where you need to be.
                                do, you can be sure you’re putting
                                your health in the hands of expert
                                specialists.                              •	With access to over 24,000
                                                                            specialists
                                You’ll also appreciate just how the       	
                                                                           You can relax knowing that you will be seen by an
                                little things like eating great food       expert in their field.

                                and having your own room make
                                such a big difference to getting you      •	You’ll usually have your own room,
                                back to health, and work, faster.           with a TV, an en-suite bathroom and
                                                                            usually Wi-Fi
                                Everything is designed to help you get      To help you stay connected.
                                better, whether your stay is long or
                                short. You’ll also find that the nurses
                                                                          •	No restrictions on visiting hours
                                and staff have that extra time needed
                                                                          	So your friends and family can visit you whenever
                                to make you feel at home.                   you want.

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What you can expect from us
Fast Track Appointments
When your GP refers you or one of your team for treatment, we can find the right specialist,
at the right time and place for you.

                                    All you need to do                               We’ll do the rest

                                 To find the right specialist for you:            •	We’re ready to help you, just
                                                                                    call us
                                 Your GP gives you an open referral (which is a   	If you need to see a specialist, ask your GP for an
                                 referral that doesn’t name the specialist you      open referral, and then call us. We’ll tell you what
                                 should see).                                       you’re covered for, and help you make the most of
                                                                                    your membership by taking care of everything for you.
                                 Just call us and we’ll check where and when
                                 will suit you best and book your appointment
                                 for you, making it simple and hassle free.       •	We’ll make sure you see the
                                                                                    right specialist.
                                 Alternatively if you’d prefer, we can provide    	All of our recognised specialists have a
                                 you with the names of up to three specialists,     consultancy level which means they can provide
                                 all experts in their field, who you can            advice and treatment for the most complex and
                                 contact directly.                                  challenging health conditions.

                                                                                  •	We’ll make it quick, convenient
                                                                                    and easy
                                                                                  	We’ll make sure your appointment is at a time
                                                                                    and place that’s convenient to you, so you won’t
                                 In fact, with our Fast Track                       have to worry about travelling further away than
                                 Appointments service, on average                   necessary.

                                 our members with an open referral                • We’ll act with urgency
                                 are seen twice as fast as those                  	If you were to call us with suspected cancer or a
                                                                                     heart condition, the moment we get off the phone
                                 members whose GPs have referred                     with you we’ll act with urgency to get you an
                                 them to a named specialist.*                        appointment with an appropriate specialist.

                                 *based on 2015 AXA PPP healthcare data.

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We are committed to better care and
                                  support for the conditions that worry
                                  our members most: heart disease
                                  and cancer.
                                  Despite all the advances of
                                  modern medicine, these are still
                                  the words you never want to hear
                                  from your doctor. They are also two
                                  conditions that have seen dramatic
                                  improvements in treatment and
                                  survival rates over the last few years,
                                  with new treatments and drugs
                                  constantly making headlines.
                                  With these advances and changes to the way people
                                  are treated, the needs of our members have changed
                                  too. With increasing survival times*, people are more
                                  likely to need treatment and care for longer. It’s vital
                                  our private healthcare cover reflects this. That’s why
                                  we’ve enhanced our cover with our Heart and Cancer
                                  Commitment and also give you the choice of extending
                                  your cover for cancer when you take out your plan.

Our Heart and Cancer Commitment
extensive cover and care
                                  *Source: www.ons.gov.uk

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Our Heart and Cancer Commitment

Our heart cover
Extra cover and care for heart conditions.
Members diagnosed with a heart condition will now
have access to our successful Dedicated Nurse service
which will be available by phone throughout their
treatment and recovery: listening, understanding and
giving information, with the time to give the member
and their family all the support they need.

Our cancer support
 ur Dedicated Nurses have a lot of experience and
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expertise in supporting our members who have been
diagnosed with cancer. It means there’s a consistent,
reliable person at the end of the phone there for
members and their families to talk to about everything
from eating well during chemotherapy to how to cope
at home after surgery. This is the kind of long-term,
committed help that we know members value.

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Support for you to help
ease the pressure

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Support for you

With Working Body, we’re                                                                                                                                      We know how busy work keeps you,
helping to keep businesses                                                                                                                                    so whenever you need to call us
like yours moving                                                                                                                                             about your plan, you’ll get straight
                                                                                                                                                              through to an Account Manager
Life can be tough on your body. It’s no surprise that                                                                                                         from our small business team.
musculoskeletal conditions like back, neck and muscle
problems cause more prolonged work absences than
any others*.                                                                                                                                                  •	Company membership information
 et busy working people can often put off going to see
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                                                                                                                                                                that’s always to hand
                                                                                 Work related Musculoskeletal Disorders
a doctor about their conditions until it starts to impact                                                                                                     	You can check and manage your business
                                                                                 represent 44% of all work related illness**                                    membership at our secure online site. You can
their daily lives. That’s understandable when you’ve got
lots to do, and aren’t able to take time out of your day                                                                                                        access membership documents such as your Group
for arranging appointments and visiting a GP.                                                                                                                   Secretary Guide, membership handbook and our
                                                                                                                                                                Directory of Hospitals.
So we’ve made things much easier.
 ith Working Body, we’re helping to keep businesses
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like yours moving. With quick access to diagnosis and
treatment this could really benefit your business and
                                                                                                          55%                                                 •	Take a look at our Business
                                                                                                                                                                Health Centre
your team.                                                                                                                                                         reated specifically for small businesses, with a host
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                                                                                                                                                                  of articles, videos and tips to help support the health
 s part of your core cover, you or your team can call
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                                                                                                                                                                  of you and your employees at work.
and speak to one of our physiotherapists without                                 55%† of SME business decision makers agree that
needing to see a GP first.                                                       employees don’t generally take time off work                                 	axappphealthcare.co.uk/bhc
                                                                                 when they have back problems.                                                	You can also sign up to our monthly business
If a course of hands-on treatment is what’s needed,
                                                                                                                                                                healthcare e-bulletin.
they’ll let you know if you’re covered and make
the arrangements for you to see someone who’s a
convenient distance from work or home.

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                                                                                                        GP O pm
                                                                                                           to 5
                                                                                                       9am
                                                                                 76%† of SME businesses agree that there aren’t
                                                                                 enough out of hours GP appointments.

*Labour Force Survey, Office for National Statistics 2013. ** Work Related Musculoskeletal Disorder Statistics in GB 2014/15, Health and Safety Executive. †One Poll Survey, September 2014                           17
Your team will have online access to
                           their membership and should they
                           need to make a claim our Personal
                           Advisers are ready to help.
                           •	Employee membership made easy –
                             for you and your team
                           	Each member of your scheme gets their own secure
                             online member area called Customer Online where
                             they can contact us, check details of their cover, find
                             out how they go about claiming, and see the range of
                             services and benefits available to them.
                           	There’s also a link to our online health information
                             services so they can find out more about health and
                             wellbeing issues, or look up any health issue that’s
                             troubling them.

Support for your team as
part of your membership

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Support for your team

•	Claims made simple                                        •	Member offers
	We ask members to always call us before they               	We can help make it easier for people to be healthier
  go ahead with any kind of treatment they plan to             and well. With AXA Fitness Works, they’ll be able to
  claim for.                                                   access a range of discounts at gyms nationwide,
                                                               including discounted annual PureGym membership.
	All they need to do is call our expert Personal
  Advisers with details of their proposed treatment.
  Our Personal Advisers have lots of experience and
  training, and can access your specific plan details        •	Our Second Opinion Service
  immediately. This means they can usually confirm
                                                             	We want to make sure that you are completely
  the cover that’s available there and then.
  Pre-authorising treatment like this means that you           happy with any experience you have with us. Our
  and your employees can be confident of knowing               Second Opinion Service provides you with extra
  whether they are covered before treatment.                   reassurance if you’re uncertain about a diagnosis
                                                               or treatment plan. Where you have an out-patient
                                                               option on your plan we’ll pay for all eligible costs
•	 Expert help – just ask, any time of                        involved with the second opinion, such as the initial
                                                               appointment with the new consultant and any new
  the day
                                                               tests needed. This ensures that we help get you
	Imagine having a medical expert in the family.
                                                               back to health and work as quickly as possible.
  Someone your team could call anytime they have a
  health worry, big or small. That’s exactly what Health
  at Hand gives them. They can call our medical experts
  any time of the day or night.
	They will also have access to our online Health
  Centres which bring together the latest information,
  facts and figures from experts and NHS resources
  so they can find everything they might need to know
  quickly and easily.
	Your team will also be able to put questions to our
  panel of experts at our regular live online discussions.

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If your business involves manual labour you may
                         want to include therapies cover, or if you operate
Your choices explained   in a high pressure environment mental health
                         care may be important. It’s all entirely up to you.

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Your choices explained
        Your core plan
        Here’s what’s included for everyone on your plan.

Your benefits                                                                    What we pay

If you’re an in-patient or day-patient

• P
   rivate hospital and day-patient unit fees including accommodation,           Paid in full so long as you use a hospital or day-patient unit in our Directory
                                                                               
  diagnostic tests, using the operating theatre, drugs and dressings,            of Hospitals
  radiotherapy and chemotherapy and surgical appliances that the specialist
  uses during surgery

• Specialist fees including surgeons, anaesthetists and physicans             No yearly limit

• H
   ospital accommodation for one parent while a child under 16 is             Paid in full
  receiving eligible treatment

• H
   otel accommodation for one parent while a child under 16 is                £100 per night up to £500 a year
  receiving eligible treatment

If you’re are an out-patient

• Surgery                                                                        No yearly limit so long as you use a hospital or day-patient unit in our
                                                                               
                                                                                 Directory of Hospitals

• We will cover the cost of CT, MRI or PET scans referred by a specialist       Paid in full at a scanning centre, or a hospital listed as a scanning centre,
                                                                               
                                                                                 in our Directory of Hospitals

                                                                                                                                                                   ›

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Your core plan continued

›        Other benefits

         • Ambulance transport to transfer you to another medical facility if you are    Paid in full
            receiving private treatment

         • Cash payment if you have out-patient or day-patient chemotherapy or           £50 a day up to £2,000 a year
            radiotherapy free on the NHS

         • Expert Help                                                                  Direct access to healthcare experts for members 24/7

    What’s not covered

         As with most private healthcare plans, there are some general exclusions
         and limitations. The plan does not cover members for:
         • Medical conditions that existed prior to joining unless you have
            transferred on a Continued Medical Exclusions or Medical
            History Disregarded basis
         • Routine pregnancy and childbirth
         • Long term chronic conditions for example diabetes or asthma
         • Cosmetic treatment
          e’ll make you aware of all the key exclusions when we speak to you or in
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         the literature so there are no surprises.

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Your options explained

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Out-patient options
             Here’s what’s included in the out-patient options you choose.

     Your benefits                                                               What we pay

     Standard out-patient option

     • S
         pecialist consultations                                                   Up to two consultations a year
                                                                                  

     • Diagnostic tests when your specialist refers you                          No yearly limit

     Enhanced out-patient option

     • S
         pecialist consultations                                                 A combined yearly limit of £1,000

     • Diagnostic tests when your specialist refers you

     • P
        ractitioner fees including nurses, dieticians, orthoptists and speech
       therapists

     Full out-patient option

     • Specialist consultations                                                 No yearly limit

     • Diagnostic tests when your specialist refers you

     • Practitioner fees including nurses, dieticians, orthoptists and speech
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Your options explained
        Options
        Here’s what’s included in the option you choose.

Your benefits                                                                   What we pay

Therapies option

• Fees
     for out-patient treatment by physiotherapists, acupuncturists,              No yearly limit on fees:
                                                                                 
  homeopaths, osteopaths or chiropractors                                          • up to an overall maximum of 10 sessions in a year when your GP refers
• Access to Working Body (for more information see page 17)                        you, or when you have therapist treatment through our Working Body team
                                                                                   • further sessions (as long as we agree them first) when your specialist
                                                                                     refers you.

Mental Health option

If you're an in-patient or day-patient

• Private
        hospital and day-patient unit fees for psychiatric treatment,          Paid in full at a hospital or day-patient unit in our Directory of Hospitals
  including accommodation, diagnostic tests and drugs

• Specialist fees for psychiatric treatment                                        No yearly limit
                                                                                 

If you’re an out-patient

• Specialist consultations for psychiatric treatment                               No yearly limit
                                                                                 

• Psychiatric treatment by psychologists and cognitive behavioural therapists      No yearly limit
                                                                                 

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Options continued

›        Extra Care option

         • Nurse to give you chemotherapy or antibiotics by intravenous drip at home         Paid in full

         • Cash
               payment when you have free in-patient treatment under the NHS.               £100 a night up to £2,000 a year
           You can also receive this cash payment if you have treatment in an NHS
           Intensive Therapy or Intensive Care unit, whether it follows private treatment
           or not.

         • Oral surgery so long as your dentist refers you                                     Paid in full so long as you use a facility that we have an agreement with
                                                                                              
                                                                                                covering oral surgery

         • Chiropody fees so long as as your chiropodist is qualified                          Up to £150 a year
                                                                                              

›        Extended cover option

         • E
            xtra cover for treatment at any hospital, day-patient unit or scanning centre    Paid in full up to the normal daily rates published and charged by the facility
           in the UK that is not listed in our Directory of Hospitals

         • Extra cover for treatment received outside of the UK                             Up to the cost we would pay for equivalent treatment in the UK

         • Extra cover for fee limited specialists                                             Paid in full
                                                                                              

         • Private GP fees for consultations                                                   Up to £500 a year
                                                                                              

         • D
             octor@Hand consultations                                                          Up to five on-line, video or telephone consultations a year with a
                                                                                              
                                                                                                Doctor@Hand GP

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Your options explained
        Extra Cancer Cover option
        Here’s what’s included. Due to the nature of cancer we cover it a little differently to other conditions.
        You can increase your benefits to include:

Your benefits                                                                      What we pay

• No time limits on cancer treatment                                               No yearly limit

• E
   xperimental drugs if you take part in a randomised clinical trial that the      Your stay in hospital, including specialist fees, is paid in full
  appropriate ethics committee has approved, so long as we agree it first

• S
   pecialist consultations with the specialist treating your cancer even if you    Consultations not deducted from out-patient limits
  don’t have an out-patient option on your plan

• D
   iagnostic tests as an out-patient even if you don’t have an out-patient         The tests are not deducted from out-patient limits
  option on your plan

• H
    ospice donation                                                                  Donation to a hospice where you are having end of life care or a donation
                                                                                    
                                                                                      to a service providing hospice at home care

• We will pay for external prostheses (such as limbs) and for wigs                   £5,000 for external prostheses and £150 for wigs
                                                                                    

• W
   e will provide cover for cancer no matter what path it takes, even if it
  recurs or spreads and so long as you remain a member we’ll continue to
  cover treatment if the cancer becomes terminal

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Additional options
             Here are some other options to complement your plan.

     Your benefits                                                                    What we pay

     Dentist and Optician Cashback option

     • Dentist fees                                                                    80% of your dentist’s fees, up to £400 a year
                                                                                       

     • Optician fees                                                                   80% of the cost of prescribed glasses and contact lenses, up to £200 a year
                                                                                       

     • Eye test                                                                      Up to £25 a year for an eye test

     Travel cover

     • Travel
            Cover is an annual policy making it easier for you and your employees   The benefits include:
       to travel abroad on business or leisure. What’s more if you make two or         No medical history required when you take out cover
       more trips abroad each year it’s cost effective too.
                                                                                       A broad range of medical benefits
                                                                                       Business and leisure travel covered
                                                                                       On-piste winter ski cover included

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                                                                                                                                      Your options explained
    Your Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) choices
    Balancing the demands and pressures brought about by today’s busy world, an EAP needs to do much more
    than simply help you meet your duty of care.
    You can plan access to professional expert help with telephone guidance and online support for everything
    from childcare to debt, and legal to relationship issues. It’s a bit like the Citizens Advice service just for you
    and your team. You can choose from:

      EAP Essential                                                               EAP Premier

      • Unlimited
        	       access to telephone support available 24/7 for psychological    Offers all the support of EAP Essential but in addition provides:
                                                                                  
        and mental issues

      • 	Telephone access to a fully qualified counsellor                       • F
                                                                                    ace to face counselling with up to five sessions per team member with
                                                                                    a clinical specialist

      • 	E-counselling for those who prefer to communicate digitally            • Complex cases escalated to a psychologist

      • LifeManagement™
        	                 – a unique combination of services with telephone     • Managerial Consultancy to help managers meet day to day team challenges
        access to skilled consultants to help with everyday issues such as debt
        management, relationships and legal concerns

      • Online
        	    information and guidance for your team including a
        dedicated website

      • 24/7
        	  telephone helpline for health information from our
        Health at Hand team

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33,000+
small and medium business like yours
with

220,000+
employees covered

Start small – think big

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Business Health Select is the result
of everything we’ve learnt over 75
years of looking after our members.
We started small but, by showing
that what we do really does work, we
now look after thousands of small
and medium businesses – each one
different from the next, with their own
concerns and priorities.

Of course, our members and their needs are very
different today. But the nurses, doctors, practitioners,
underwriters, advisers and other professionals in our
team continue the traditions we’ve become known for
– embracing groundbreaking treatments and creating
new, faster ways to access them.
Being part of the AXA Group – one of the world’s
largest insurers – means added financial security.
And being looked after by our small and medium
business dedicated teams gives you the best of
personal service and choice, plus the better value that
our size allows us to bring you.

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We can help you create a healthcare plan that’s
                                                   just right for your business and your budget.
                                                   We know how busy you are, so we’ll be fast but thorough. We also guarantee that
                                                   we won’t contact you again using the details you give us unless you want us to.

                                                                      Call our small business experts
                                                                      0800 38 77 54
                                                                      8.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday

                                                                      Get a quote online
                                                                      axappphealthcare.co.uk/business
95%
Member satisfaction.
                                                                      We may record and/or monitor calls for quality assurance, training and
                                                                      as record of our conversation.

                                                                                                                                               Our Business Health Select plan
Based on a survey of 592                                                                                                                       allows you to build an excellent
small and medium business                                                                                                                      level of cover, as indicated by a
members 95% were satisfied
                                                                                                                                               Defaqto 5 Star Rating.
with AXA PPP healthcare
                                                                                                                                               The Defaqto 5 Star Rating is based on an
(October 15 – July 16)
                                                                                                                                               assessment of the overall product, including
                                                                                                                                               the optional components. Where not all of
                                                                                                                                               the options are taken, this might affect the
                                                                                                                                               rating of the product.

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