We are (CHAS)/ Medisave ready!

Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS)

		CHAS Blue	CHAS Orange	Pioneer Generation
Common Illnesses2		Up to $18.50 subsidy per visit	Not applicable	Up to $28.50 subsidy per visit
Chronic conditions under CDMP3	Simple4	Up to $80 subsidy per visit, capped at $320 per year	Up to $50 subsidy per visit, capped at $200 per year	Up to $90 subsidy per visit, capped at $360 per year
	Complex4	Up to $120 subsidy per visit, capped at $480 per year	Up to $75 subsidy per visit, capped at $300 per year	Up to $135 subsidy per visit, capped at $540 per year
Recommended Health Screening by Screen for Life5		Free screening tests with Screen for Life invitation letter5 (Doctor’s consultation charges apply)
		A fixed fee of $2 with Screen for Life invitation letter5, for recommended screening test(s) and first post-screening consultation, if required.		Free with Screen for Life invitation letter5, for recommended screening test(s) and first post-screening consultation, if required.

² These are abdominal pain, cough, cold, flu, diarrhoea, fever, headache, skin infection and rashes, sore eyes, urinary tract infection (list is not exhaustive).

³ These are Diabetes, Hypertension, Lipid Disorders, Stroke, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Major Depression, Schizophrenia, Dementia, Bipolar Disorder, Osteoarthritis, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Anxiety, Parkinson’s Disease, Nephritis/Nephrosis, Epilepsy, Osteoporosis, Psoriasis and Rheumatoid Arthritis.

⁴ “Simple” refers to visits for a single chronic condition. “Complex” refers to visits for multiple chronic conditions, or a single chronic condition with complication(s).

⁵ This refers to screening for diabetes, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, colorectal cancer and cervical cancer.

Medisave for Chronic Disease Management Programme and Vaccinations

As disease management programmes can largely be effected at the outpatient level, MOH has allowed the use of Medisave to help pay part of the outpatient cost, and reduce out of pocket payment for patients.

• Outpatient treatments of 19 conditions under the Chronic Disease Management Programme (CDMP) (subject to 15% co-payment by patient)
  Diabetes, hypertension, lipid disorders, stroke, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorders, dementia, osteoarthritis, anxiety, benign prostatic hyperplasia, parkinson’s disease, nephrosis/nephritis, epilepsy, osteoporosis, psoriasis or rheumatoid arthritis

• Childhood Vaccinations  (under the National Childhood Immunisation Schedule)
  • Pneumococcal vaccinations (for children aged below 5)
  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV) (for females aged between 9 – 26 years of age)
    1. Cervarix
    2. Gardasil (4-valent HPV vaccine)
  • Hepatitis B vaccination
  • Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)
  • Tuberculosis (BCG)
  • Diphtheria, Pertussis & Tetanus (DTaP/Tdap)
  • Poliomyelitis
  • Haemophilus Influenza Type B (Hib)
• Adult Vaccinations (for target populations under the National Adult Immunisation Schedule)
  • Influenza*
  • Pneumococcal vaccinations*
  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV)^(for females aged between 9 – 26 years of age)
    1. Cervarix
    2. Gardasil (4-valent HPV vaccine)
  • Hepatitis B vaccination
  • Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)
  • Diphtheria, Pertussis & Tetanus (DTaP/Tdap)
  • Varicella