IHMS HMO | Leading HMO in Nigeria | Affordable and Reliable Health Insurance Company in Nigeria.
We are reachable at the following contact addresses.
2, Joseph Street, off Broad Street, Lagos
Tel: +234 8121010100
IGI House, 75/C3 Yakubu Gowon Way, Jos Plateau.
Tel: 08085862123
IGI House, Plot 2186, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja
Tel: 09097984509
9 Lebanon Street, Old Gbagi, Dugbe, Ibadan, Oyo State
Tel: 08085865436
Flat 6, Dorry’s Estate, Blessed Chika Mall Street, Rumogba by Old Aba Road, Port-Harcourt
Tel: 08085860017, 08085860149
Plot 489, Shiroro Road,Minna.
Tel: 08085861344
Plot 41/42 Independence Way Kaduna, Kaduna State
Tel: 09082567497
Benin Zonal Office:
123 First East Circular, Benin City, Edo State.
Tel: 08085862119
Ejiwunmi plaza, opposite DSS office, Ogooluwa,OSOGBO.
Tel: 07031054930
5 NTA Road, opposite Judges Quarters, Ado-Ekiti.
Tel: 08037955068
The IHMS Health Plan is a healthcare program developed by International Health Management Services Limited (IHMS).
The Health Plan is based on the Managed Care Concept – The most advanced and effective method of financing and delivering medical services. Under the IHMS Health Plan, you or your employer or sponsor pay relatively small sums of money into a pool. This money is used to make arrangements with the most appropriate and qualified professionals to provide medical services in case you, your dependants or employees fall ill.
In addition you also enjoy preventive and health promotion services that will not only keep you fit, strong and happy but will reduce unnecessary visits to the hospital.
The major difference is in the way medical services are paid for, and delivered to you.
If you belong to a company or group, it is likely that your employer or group will choose the health plan for you. If you are buying as a family or an individual, you can choose any plan depending on your need and pocket. Our client and member services officer are equally available to help you make an appropriate choice.
If you joined as a company or group, the company policy determines this but the family plan usually covers you, your spouse and four biological children under 18 years of age. However, extra dependants can be covered by payment of additional contribution.
Yes. Our plans are designed to fit both your financial and clinical situations, they also take into consideration your need for different levels of privacy if you need hospitalization. Nevertheless, all our client enjoy the same quality of medical treatment when they visit a provider.
For every extra child / dependant thereafter you or your employer has to pay an extra premium for their medical insurance.
The extra premium as from the 5th child / dependant is same as the premium rate / annum per person.
IHMS provides you with limitless access to care that covers your basic medical needs at a very reasonable cost for yourself, spouse and maximum of four (biological) children.
Some of the criteria include:
This depends on the plan type your employer has purchased for you. Your member manual and ID card provides you with a description of the services you are covered for.
IHMS has all relevant specialists in its network. Despite that, when there is a need to make referrals to specialist outside the network, IHMS will take care of the bill.
At the point of entry into the scheme the hospitals are subjected to rigorous checks to ensure that they meet the required standard. Subsequently, quality audits are carried out on quarterly basis to monitor their compliance with our set standards.
The plan becomes operational fifteen (15) working days after the receipt of premium and the submission of completed enrollee forms. Claims within this period by staff MAY not be paid by IHMS.
Yes. You get one ID card for each of them at no extra cost.
You access our service by completing the registration process as follows:
Yes. He/she is your link to the medical world of IHMS.
You can call our helpline (08121010100) where one of our medical personnel would listen to your concern and give you appropriate advice. Also you can reach your GP on his line for such advice.
Sometimes you will need to get a prior authorization. This means getting approval from our 24 HOURS call centre/medical department before you get services. Some services that may need prior authorization are:
Your doctor would call or send mail to inform us of the services that needs authorization. For emergency services, authorization is given immediately while an elective procedure MAY take maximum three (3) business days to revert on status of authorization to allow review and second opinion service(s).
No (definition of emergency condition is important). The mission of IHMS is to ensure that you get well as soon as is medically possible. Therefore all that the Doctor on duty has to do is to notify us after setting all apparatus in motion ensuring your immediate care needs have been addressed.
You can switch in as much as the waiting period is observed and your doctor gives adequate medical report to your new GP so that he can properly takeover your treatment. Also you may wish to complete your treatment before switching to our network but you would need to pay for such services out-of-pocket.
Yes, If necessary.
Yes. If he / she meets the criteria for accreditation on our network.
It depends on his duty. However he/she would be reachable on phone at all times.
Also there would always be a medical doctor on duty to attend to you.
Yes (neonatal policy applies). He/she will have access to care under the mother’s file within the first 28 days (4 weeks) of birth while we expect the parent to register the baby within this period. Your baby may be denied access to care after 4 weeks if registration is not done.
Yes you can. You can channel your grievances to us or through your HR department where you will be given a grievance and change of provider form OR you can contact your client service officer directly.
You can also wait for the open enrollment period every quarter to change your provider. However note that any change takes effect from the first day of the subsequent month if request is tendered on or before 15th day of the month.
Yes. Misunderstanding from the provider end, courier service delay of current enrollee list, excluded services, unauthorized care/referral/out-of-network services/outstation services e.t.c. All you need do is to call any of our call centre numbers or the inquiry line at the back of the Access ID card at the point of service for prompt issue resolution.
