Private Healthcare Scheme

Boston Scientific offer Irish employees and their families comprehensive medical coverage under the company’s Private Healthcare Scheme with Irish Life Health. You can also tailor your health cover to suit your needs with our Personalised Packages, you can choose 3 Personalised Packages to add to your plan at no extra cost which includes optional Dental and Optical. For information, tools and resources related to your coverage, click the appropriate link below or check the myResouces tab for relevant forms.

Join the Private Healthcare Scheme

Newly eligible employees are not auto-enrolled in the health insurance plan by BSCI. To join our health insurance scheme, you will need to enroll online.
Visit the Irish Life Health Site & check your eligibility to join by entering your employee ID.
If you have any problems with validating your employee ID on the website email: bostonscientific@irishlifehealth.ie. Please note there can be a delay of up to five working days in your employee ID number transferring to Irish Life Health.
If you are aged 35 or over and are new to health insurance in Ireland or have had a break in cover, you may be subject to an additional loading from Lifetime Community Rating (LCR) – please refer to this link for more information.
Entry to scheme:

On or after the date you become eligible to join the healthcare scheme (please refer to your contract of employment) and you can make changes to your cover at any point throughout the year calling ILH on 1890 717717.

Exiting the scheme:

You can exit or make changes to your healthcare scheme at any time throughout the year by calling ILH on 1890 717717.

Find Plan Documents:

You can use your Irish Life Health Online Account to find all your plan documents, amend personal details and track claims.
List of hospitals, Treatment Centres & Scan Facilities.
Net Most 500 ILH Table of Cover.
Personalised Packages.

Understand what Healthcare cover I can avail of as a Boston Scientific Retiree

- Healthcare cover for retirees

Make a claim:

- Irish Life Health’s Claim’s Page - watch the video explaining the claims process.
  - How to - Claim for everyday Health Expenses.
  - How to - Claim for a Hospital Visit.
- It’s quick and easy to make and track claims covered on your plan via your online account.

Private Hospital inpatient €500 excess process:

Under the Irish Life Health default plan, Boston Scientific will cover the €500 excess for private in-patient admittance for you and members of your family covered on your Irish Life Health policy. Please refer to the guidelines prior to admission and if required bring a completed consent form with you when being admitted.

€500 Excess Reimbursement process (access from within BSC network)
Galway Clinic Consent Form.
Bon Secours Cork and Galway Consent Form.
Excess Reimbursement Form for other hospitals.(accessible within BSC network)

Add Dependents:

To add dependants to your healthcare cover you can call ILH on 1890 717717 at any time.

Find out more about Additional Services ILH Provide:

Take a look at this ILH Key Benefits Video on Youtube
Explore the Irish Life Health website for full suite of additional services available to you though the Boston Scientific Private Healthcare scheme including:

Private Healthcare Scheme

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