DBBS - Levy on Medical Aid

A medical aid levy is a percentage or an amount applied to specific medical aid schemes to apply a certain mark-up to billing codes based on the medical aid plan.

Changes have been made to the Medical aid levies of DBBS, therefore their levies will need to be changed and updated manually with the new rules, these changes will only be made once-off.

  • Please refer to the user manual Medical Aid Lists in order to follow the steps on where to make these changes.

  • From the Medical Aid Options screen. 
  • Use the Filter on option text box to search for DBBS.

  • Click on the Option Name to select it. 


  • Click on the Options menu button.


  • Click on Levy on the drop-up menu.


  • The Pharmacy Rule screen of the selected medical aid will open.
    • Please make sure that the information is applied as indicated in the images below.
 

  • Please ensure that Levies are correct as per the Medprax agreement.
    • Levy Medicines/Materials
      • 30.00% per script.
    • Procedure Levy
      • 30.00% per invoice.
  • The following message will appear when the changes are made:
    • Rule supplied by data provider: 30% levy on Consultations. 
    • Rule supplied by data provider: Patient levy 30%.


  • Click on OK to save the changes that have been applied.


  • The Pharmacy Rule screen will close and return to the Medical Aid options screen. 
    • Click on OK to return to the main MedDebs screen.


  • The Levy can be seen applied on the Account Query screen under the levy column.


Last modified: Friday, 14 May 2021, 2:16 PM