On 4 February 2021, the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) published PMB definition guideline: COVID-19 v7 which is an updated version of the Prescribed Minimum Benefits for COVID-19.
The major changes in this version of the PMB guideline expands on:
- Inclusion of updated case definition
- Inclusion of COVID-19 vaccine as a PMB
- Inclusion of antigen testing for diagnosis of COVID-19
- Funding of pulse oximeter
- Clarification on the funding of positive PCR tests when a member is not referred by the healthcare provider.