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Medical Savings Account

A Medical Savings Account (MSA) holds the funds that you can use to pay for a set list of healthcare services and products, such as procedures, medicine, consultations and more. Each January, you receive an advance allocation for the year. A portion of your monthly contribution is then used to pay this back to the Scheme every month. During the year you have the flexibility to use the funds in your MSA as you need them. Any MSA funds still available in your account at the end of the year will roll over to the next year. Savings carried over from previous years allow you to build up a healthy savings balance for a time when you need extra medical cover.

The following items and services are examples of what can be funded from your MSA:

Non-PMB GP and specialist consultations and procedures

Acute medicine, including Pharmacist Advised Therapy (PAT) medicine

Eye care, spectacles, lenses and contact lenses

Dental services including orthodontic treatment (after your basic dentistry benefit has been exhausted)

Chiropractic services

Homeopaths, naturopaths and osteopaths, including medicine

Chiropody and podiatry

Non-PMB hospital co-payments

Co-payments for endoscopies and cataract surgeries in hospital

Physiotherapy

Audiology

Speech and occupational therapy

Clinical psychology

Dietitian services

Orthotists and prosthetists

Social worker and other allied healthcare services

Charges above SRR (excluding PMBs), can be considered for payment from your MSA. This is a once-off instruction. Members may request reimbursement for Scheme exclusions (which will be assessed based on clinical appropriateness) or non-PMB chronic medication co-payments, or costs in excess of annual benefits from their available MSA. The Scheme needs to be instructed in every instance. Contact the Scheme on 0860 222 633 or download the form here

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