30.11.2021

Laya Healthcare New Plan Announcements, Price and Benefit Changes 31.12.2021 & 01.01.2022

Laya Healthcare have announced the launch of 4 new procudcuts on 31.12.2021: 

Transform Entry, Transform Care, Transform Plus and Transform Advanced.

 

9 new products will launch on 01.01.2022:

Optimum, Optimum Plus, Optimum Premium, Prosper, Prosper Care, Prosper Advanced, Evolve, Momentum and Power.

Please see below attachments for further details. 

 

An offer for children will launch on 3 plans on 31.12.2021: 

Essential Connect Family, Essential Health 300 and Flex 125 Explore will be offering the 2nd and subsequent children free. Consumers will be charged for the 1st child. 

 

4 other Laya plans will have price changes as of 31.12.2021: 

Care Select, Company Care Advanced, Connect Choice and Health Secure Plus. 

Please check the price changes document below for further details. 

 

Finally Laya Health will also introduce the following benefit changes as 31.12.2021:

360 Care, 360 Care Select, Care Select, Connect Simplicity, Empower Secure (no excess), Health Secure Plus, Inspire, Inspire Plus, Principle, SimplyHealth Choice

  • Treatment not available in Ireland will now be available worldwide and no longer restricted to the EU.
  • Medical Tourism will now be available worldwide and no longer restricted to the EU.
  • Gender Reassignment Surgery Abroad will now be available worldwide and no longer restricted to the EU. This benefit will be increased to €100,000 (also referred to in section e).

CompanyCare Advanced

  • Treatment not available in Ireland will now be available worldwide and no longer restricted to the EU.
  • Medical Tourism will now be available worldwide and no longer restricted to the EU.

ConnectChoice

  • Treatment not available in Ireland will now be available worldwide and no longer restricted to the EU.
  • Medical Tourism will now be available worldwide and no longer restricted to the EU.
  • Gender Reassignment Surgery Abroad will now be available worldwide and no longer restricted to the EU. This benefit will be increased to €100,000 (also referred to in section e)
  • The hospital inpatient excess of €125 will now be payable only once per member per year and the day-case/out-patient surgical excess will reduce to €50 per claim.
  • The Quickcare benefit will increase to €200 per visit.
  • The Executive Health Check will change from 50% every 2 years to €290 every 2 years.
  • A benefit of €25 per year will be included for prescriptions.
  • The following benefits will increase to 12 visits each per year 1. Speech and Language Therapy 2. Adult Counselling Psychologists 3. Adult Counselling Counsellors and Therapists 4. Orthoptist 5. Physical Therapy 6. Reflexology 7. Dietician 8. Occupational Therapy 9. Chiropody/Podiatry.
  • Home Nursing will no longer be limited to €950 per year.
  • Sports appliance list will increase from 50% to the full cost, up to €50 per year.

ConnectChoice 500

  •  The Quickcare benefit will increase to €175 per visit.
  • The Executive Health Check will change from 50% every 2 years to €290 every 2 years.
  • HSE out of hours GP visits will be now eligible for 100% of the cost for 2 visits.
  • A benefit of €25 per year will be included for prescriptions.
  • The following benefits will increase to 12 visits each per year 1. Speech and Language Therapy 2. Adult Counselling Psychologists 3. Adult Counselling Counsellors and Therapists 4. Orthoptist 5. Physical Therapy 6. Reflexology 7. Dietician 8. Occupational Therapy 9. Chiropody/Podiatry.
  • Home Nursing will no longer be limited to €950 per year vii. Sports appliance list will increase from 50% to the full cost, up to €50 per year.
  • The Gender Reassignment Benefit will be increased to €100,000 (also referred to in section e).

 

67 schemes with a current benefit of €30,000 for Gender Reassignment Surgery Abroad will increase to €100,000. 

100 schemes will have a new benefit for a ‘Fracture Clinic’ in Laya Healthcare approved minor injuries clinics.

51 schemes will have a benefit added for Paediatric First Aid as a benefit claimable per year. These schemes will have the benefit previously claimable within the Pre and Post Natal benefit removed from 31st December 2021. 

 

Rule changes applicable from 31st December 2021. Details will be attatched below. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laya Healthcare Price Changes 31.12.2021 01.01.2022
Excel 17.8 KB
Laya Healthcare Benefit Changes 31.12.2021 01.01.2022
Excel 21.37 KB
Laya Healthcare 31st December Rules Changes
PDF 420.87 KB
Evolve
PDF 88.6 KB
Optimum
PDF 88.48 KB
Optimum Plus
PDF 89.27 KB
Optimum Premium
PDF 88.81 KB
Power
PDF 88.76 KB
Prosper
PDF 89.56 KB
Prosper Care
PDF 89.6 KB
Prosper Advanced
PDF 89.61 KB
Momentum
PDF 88.44 KB
Transform Entry
PDF 84.27 KB
Transform Care
PDF 87.58 KB
Transform Plus
PDF 87.7 KB
Transform Advanced
PDF 87.77 KB
Transform Advanced
PDF 87.77 KB