This benefit is limited to specific ambulatory healthcare services for beneficiaries diagnosed with one or more of the following medical conditions:

• Hypertension
• Hypercholesterolemia
• Diabetes

The intention is to assist high risk chronic members to remain under treatment for the period of cover in terms of each benefit year subject to being on a qualifying benefit option and being registered on the programme. Where a member may be diagnosed with more than one of the above conditions, the allowable services for multiple conditions shall be determined by combining the services for each disease. The quantity limits will however remain as the number approved for each individual disease.

The treatment covered by this benefit includes:

• Additional consultation(s) by healthcare providers restricted to the prescribed frequency of treatment codes.
• Chronic medicines, inclusive diabetic disposables such as syringes, needles, strips and lancets for registered patients.
• Additional pathology and radiology tests. The Chronic Lifestyle Disease Extender benefit will only be activated once all other acute- and chronic medication benefits as well as any available Accumulated Roll-Over benefits have been depleted. The Chronic Lifestyle Disease Extender benefit is only available to members on the Gold, Platinum and Titanium benefit options. High risk members on the Silver and Bronze benefit options, subject to approval and furthermore registration on the Beneficiary Risk Management Programme, may apply for this benefit. Members on the Hospital- Blue Diamond and Litunga benefit options will not have access to this benefit.