Medical Services - Institutes

Medical Services

Institutes

Physiotherapy:

Meuhedet clients who have been appropriately referred by a doctor, can access (for a quarterly payment) physiotherapy at Meuhedet institutes or at independent institutes that are under contract with Meuhedet. Under this eligibility the patient is diagnosed and the number of required treatments is determined.

Physiotherapy during hospitalization
Meuhedet clients are eligible for physiotherapy during hospitalization, including initial assessment, therapy and instruction, as part of the financial undertaking issued by Meuhedet for the hospitalization.

Treatment of acute situations
Is performed by therapists at a scope determined by a qualified professional. The above refers to rehabilitation following burns and musculoskeletal trauma, stroke (as long as there is functional improvement), orthopedic surgery and respiratory treatment.

Treatment of chronic conditions
Chronic conditions are treated as long as an improvement in functioning is observed. The need for treatment and the amount thereof shall be determined by a qualified professional.

Posture groups
Meuhedet offers correct posture groups for children.

Physiotherapy for CF patients
CF patients are eligible for 30 sessions a month and for a reimbursement of NIS 60 for treatments performed by a private physiotherapist. A referral from a pulmonologist with a diagnosis of CF and a monthly statement of receipt of treatment are required in order to obtain eligibility. The physiotherapist is also required to fill out a statement of the treatments performed.

Lymphatic drainage therapy
This treatment is available at Meuhedet physiotherapy institutes or at physiotherapists certified by Meuhedet. The number of treatments, dressings and pressure sleeves provided shall be in accordance with Meuhedet procedures and under the authority of the district physiotherapist, as will treatment not provided at the Meuhedet physiotherapy institutes.

Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy - physiotherapy in water - is provided with the approval of a qualified professional in the field and subject to Meuhedet procedures.
In order to receive approval for these treatments, contact the physiotherapy institutes at Meuhedet with a letter of referral from a doctor. The institute will carry out an initial examination and assessment, after which, based on professional discretion, the treatment will be approved. Another quarterly payment is required for the receipt of form 17.

Pelvic floor rehabilitation therapy (urogenital therapy)
This treatment is available at Meuhedet physiotherapy institutes or at physiotherapists certified by Meuhedet. Once you have obtained a form 17 from the district physiotherapist, you may seek treatment at non-Meuhedet physiotherapy institutes.

Communication disorders
The communication disorders system at Meuhedet treats hearing, speech and language problems in children and adults. Meuhedet clients are eligible for treatment and testing at the Meuhedet institutes or at independent institutes under contract with Meuhedet. The need for treatment and the number of required sessions is determined by a qualified professional from the field, and the treatments and tests are performed by certified speech therapists. These are the available areas of treatment:

Developmental therapy in communications, language and speech

The diagnoses and treatments in this field are performed by specialist speech therapists involved in child development, at Meuhedet institutes or at independent institutes under contract with Meuhedet. The diagnoses and treatments involve copayment.

Further information about child development is available here and the list of institutes treating communication disorders is available here.

Treatment for pronunciation, tongue thrusting, voice, stuttering, language and swallowing in children and adults

For example:

reatment of voice disorders, in one-on-one sessions or in groups with a referral from the ear nose and throat doctor
Treatment of pronunciation errors (including treatment of pronunciation errors caused by a cleft palate and tongue thrusting)
Treatment of stuttering and fluency disorders: a series of one-on-one treatments or a course of treatments for stuttering
Language and speech rehabilitation after an illness - with a referral from a rehabilitation doctor, neurologist or geriatrician
Implant, maintenance and replacement of speech prostheses for patients who have undergone a complete throatectomy, following a malignant disease

Language speech and swallowing therapy via the home care unit and rehabilitation institutes

Diagnoses and treatments by speech therapists are available to Meuhedet clients who are confined to their homes via the home care unit.

Speech diagnoses and therapy for clients undergoing a rehabilitation process are provided by Meuhedet's rehabilitation institutes or by institutes that work with Meuhedet. A referral from a rehabilitation doctor, neurologist or geriatrician is required.

Hearing tests
Meuhedet clients can undergo hearing tests at institutes under contract with Meuhedet. A referral from a Meuhedet doctor and a form 17 are required.

The list of institutes that conduct hearing test on babies and children up to the age of 18 is available here - and the list of institutes that perform hearing tests on adults aged 18 and above is available here.

When a hearing aid is deemed necessary, the clinician will fill out a consultation form. The client will receive a copy of the hearing test and the consultation form.

Fitting and purchasing hearing aids
A client who is in need of a hearing aid must bring the test results and consultation summary to the clinic. The clinic will issue a financial undertaking form for the hearing aid supplier (further information regarding the eligibility for hearing aids here). The only hearing aid suppliers Meuhedet works with are Steiner and Medtechnica Aortofon, both of which have branches nationwide.

Tel.: Steiner - 1700-500-315; Medtechnica Aortofon - 1700-700-637

Once you have chosen a supplier, bring the results of the hearing test and the financial undertaking form to the supplier of your choice. Finding the optimal fit for the hearing aid can at times require several meetings with the speech therapist. After the device has been fit, you will be given the hearing aid for a trial period of up to 45 days.

Purchasing the hearing aid - if at the end of the trial period you are satisfied, you will be asked to sign a form stating that you want the device (if you are not satisfied, return the device to the institute). If you want to change the recommended device category you can request a financial undertaking form for a different category (subject to copayment in accordance with the eligibility).

You can check your eligibility for a hearing aid and your copayment rate here.

Auxiliary Hearing Aids
Meuhedet Adif and Meuhedet C clients are eligible for a significant discount on the purchase of auxiliary hearing aids. More here.

Cochlear implants
Cochlear implants are approved for clients who meet the criteria specified in the healthcare basket. The client must present the recommendation from the hospital where the implant procedure is to take place, up-to-date hearing tests with and without hearing aids, and a speech perception evaluations. If the patient is a baby, ABR tests are also required. Eligibility will be determined by qualified professionals at Meuhedet.

Bone conduction implants
Intended for hearing impaired persons who cannot use hearing aids based on air conduction or a Cochlear implant. The patient must present a recommendation from the hospital where the implant it to take place and up-to-date hearing tests; if the patient is a baby, an ABR test area also required. Eligibility will be determined by qualified professionals at Meuhedet.

Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy is a therapeutic, rehabilitative profession that helps people with disorders in their physical, mental, cognitive or developmental functioning, and gives them capabilities that allow maximum function and independence.

Occupational Therapy at Meuhedet:

Physical

Orthopedic - treatment and rehabilitation: the palm of the hand, splints, burns, pressure bandages, silicon bands Neurological - treatment and rehabilitation: cognitive functions, motor functions CVA, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), head and spinal cord injuries (GB), Parkinson's, ALS the initial stages of brain degeneration and brain tumor.

Home care

Adapting the residence

Finding the appropriate auxiliary aids

Mobility and accessibility

Treatment and rehabilitation at home according to need

Functioning assessments

Referral from the Meuhedet's occupational doctor following the impairment of everyday function, at work and during leisure.

Road accidents

Emerging chronic diseases

Work accidents

Decrease in daily functions: Physical/cognitive

Withdrawal from the workforce

Geriatrics

Treatment and rehabilitation:

Evaluation of strong and weak points and building an intervention plan

Memory preservation and the cognitive layout in daily life

Achieving maximum independence and involvement in community life, by adapting the residence and finding the appropriate auxiliary aids

Promoting and preserving the quality of life

Psychiatry

Treatment and rehabilitation:

Assessment of functional capabilities

Addressing the everyday difficulties in achieving independence

Working on everyday life in the community and realizing eligibilities

Referral to and placement with rehabilitative entities in the community for occupation and quality of life

Child development

To all available child development treatments

Where does treatment take place?

At Meuhedet institutes

Via service providers included in the agreement.

At home-for permanently and temporarily confined patients

Cost
Quarterly payment rates