February 7 Product Updates

What has changed

The benefit

Cancer (excluding early-stage cancers) definition

An exclusion for certain thyroid cancers is removed

What has changed

The benefit

GP Medical Exams replaced with Express Exams

Nurse can be arranged at convenient appointment times making it quicker and simpler for the customer to attend.

Capture the same key screening elements including BMI, blood pressure and urine test just as effectively.

Removal of blood tests.

The incidence of HIV and Hep B & C in the general population in Australia is very low with ongoing advances in medical treatment only expected to further minimise incidence and severity into the future.

Mammogram is seen as a more favourable customer experience.  

It also provides a more sophisticated examination technique.

The echocardiogram is a more effective investigation than the stress ECG, especially in younger individuals.

It provides a result from the first appointment which leads to a quicker underwriting decision where incidental cardiac findings are found.