Optimum, our private medical insurance for 250+ employees
Our private medical insurance is flexible, so you can adapt the level of cover to suit your business needs. We also offer benefits that can help keep your employees fit and active.
Optimum Referral
Quality medical treatment at the right time, in the right place.
Cancer cover
Full cover for cancer treatment on referral from a specialist.
Mental health pathway
An end-to-end service based on clinical need, guided by clinical expertise, with a range of treatment options and no need for a GP referral.
Why choose us?
With Optimum private medical insurance, you can take care of your business, as well as your employees.
Adapt cover to suit your needs
We understand that no two businesses are the same. That's why with Optimum, you can create a level of cover to suit the needs of your business. Enhance your cover with additional benefits or decrease it to suit your budget. So, everyone gets access to the right treatment, at the right time, and the right price.
Aviva Digital GP
Get around the clock access to GP video consultations, chat features, pharmacy services and repeat NHS prescriptions with free UK delivery – all at the touch of a button. Aviva Digital GP is available to residents of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at home or abroad. Residents of the Channel Islands and Isle of Man are not eligible for this service.
What's covered with Optimum?
Optimum is completely flexible, so you can build a package to suit your company. To help you make your decision, here are some of the more commonly chosen benefits and exclusions.
Your cover includes
- Acute conditions
Our Private Medical Insurance covers treatment for short-term illnesses or injuries that respond quickly to treatment and which leads to a full recovery. - Hospital charges and specialist fees
Our private medical insurance provides cover for things like out-patient consultations and treatment, as well as specialists' fees and hospital accommodation. - Treatment for back, neck, muscle or joint pain (musculoskeletal conditions)
Optimum includes BacktoBetter, an independent musculoskeletal case management service for members, to help them get better and back to work quicker. - Cancer cover
Full cover for cancer treatment - including radiotherapy and chemotherapy - on referral from a specialist. - Diagnostic tests
Such as pathology, X-rays, CT scans and physiological tests such as ECGs.
For a full list of the cover and benefits Optimum offers, see the product brochure.
You're not covered for
Below are some examples of standard exclusions, however they may change, depending on the benefits chosen.
- Chronic conditions
We don't cover incurable or long-term illnesses or conditions, such as diabetes, epilepsy and asthma. Cancer is not considered a chronic condition, and will be covered. - Cosmetic procedures
We will only cover cosmetic surgery that immediately follows an accident or treatment for cancer. See the policy document for full terms and details. - Addictions or substance abuse
We don’t cover alcohol, drug or solvent addictions or abuse as standard, or treat any illness or injury resulting from them. - Pregnancy and childbirth
We don't cover treatment for pregnancy or childbirth, other than the complications specified in the policy wording.
A full list of what we do and don't cover can be found in the Optimum product brochure PDF (4.3 MB).
Adapt your cover
You can choose to increase your cover with additional benefits, which will increase your premium. Or, decrease your cover to suit your business needs and budget.
Increase your cover
Increase your cover with these policy options
- Dental and optical
Cover for routine dental treatment, treatment for accidental dental injuries and optical expenses, each up to a specific limit. - Mental health pathway
An end-to-end service based on clinical need, guided by clinical expertise, with a range of treatment options and no need for a GP referral. - Upgrade your hospital list
You can choose to upgrade to our Extended Hospital List - increasing the number of hospitals you're able to use, predominantly in the Greater London area. See our hospital list.
- Enhanced cancer cover
We'll pay for cancer treatment recommended by the specialist, as well as aftercare or palliative care.
- GP referred services
Includes consultations and diagnostic tests with a specialist for chronic conditions, GP referred radiology, pathology for non-musculoskeletal conditions and GP referred therapies for non-musculoskeletal conditions - up to a specified amount in combined total for each member, every policy year.
- Gender identity benefit
Provides access to specialist support, advice and treatment whilst waiting for NHS Gender Identity Clinic assessment.
Reduce your cover
It's quick and easy to reduce your costs with one or more of the following options
- Six week option
Reduce your premium by choosing to use the NHS for in-patient or day-patient treatment if it's available on the NHS within 6 weeks. Your employees will still be covered for private out-patient treatment, but private in-patient or day-patient treatment will only be covered if NHS treatment isn't available within 6 weeks. - Member excess
You can add an excess to your policy. With a £100 excess for example, members would be responsible for paying the first £100 of any costs. This would only apply once for each member, every policy year.
- Reduce out-patient cover
Place a monetary limit on the amount that can be claimed each policy year for out-patient treatment.
- Hospital coverage
Reduce the number of hospitals that can be accessed for in-patient and day-patient treatment.
Get more for your employees
If Optimum isn't right for your company, you could benefit from Optimum Referral or you could choose a Private Medical Trust.
Optimum Referral
Optimum Referral is an innovative healthcare product that draws upon our breadth of clinical and customer service expertise to deliver quality, sustainable healthcare tailored to you and your members’ needs. Its open referral approach gives us the opportunity to add real value to your members. We’ll use our clinical knowledge and independent quality data to signpost them to an appropriate treatment provider. And, we’ll help to keep private medical insurance sustainable by ensuring that your healthcare is procured effectively and efficiently.
Private Medical Trusts
If you have at least 500 employees, you may choose to fund your company's private healthcare with a Healthcare Trust. As this isn't an insurance contract, you'll attract funding benefits, such as not paying Insurance Premium Tax on the claims fund. We can provide the day-to-day admin and management of the trust - including claims assessment and payment - so you don't have to.
A Healthcare Trust can give you more control over the type of medical benefits provided, as your business can set the rules of the trust. It can also provide Stop Loss Insurance to protect the liability of the company by absorbing the exposure to costs above a certain level.
Get a quote
Call us:
Monday to Friday 9:00 to 17:00
Email us: hcnd@aviva.com
For joint protection, calls may be monitored and/or recorded.
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How to make a claim
It's quick and easy to make a claim
See your GP
Your employee should visit their GP and discuss their symptoms. If treatment is required, they can ask for an open or named referral. Remember, if they have a musculoskeletal problem, there's no need for them to see a GP.
Call our claims team
If your employee's claim is covered by your policy, we can recommend a hospital or specialist for treatment.
We'll settle quickly
We'll usually settle all eligible bills directly with the provider of treatment, usually the hospital or specialist.
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