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ahm Health Insurance

ahm Health Insurance

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ahm Health Insurance
3.3

610 reviews

Positive vs Negative
45%55%
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Claim Resolution Time
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  • <1 hour
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  • <1 day
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  • <1 week
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  • 1-2 weeks
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  • 3-4 weeks
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  • 1-2 months
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  • 3+ months
Claim ApprovedYes · No
Transparency ?
3.1
Customer Service
3.2
Value for Money
3.1
610 reviews
5 Zhen L  · Easy to use app and good, transparent Extras plans. Sometimes they reject a claim but the followup team is usually very prompt.
5 Ayra  · Easy to join and 0 waiting period on selected extras.. really helps for the young families
5 Rjb  · Tony has excellent customer service, Tony's excellence in customer service is why I stay with AHM
5 JAG  · Finally someone knows what they are talking about at AHM,sorted my enquiry with in 15 minutes thanks Hannah
1 oliver a.  · Never use - terrible service and they will find any reason not to pay out the cover.
5 Sean  · Great value and service. Easy to apply and took credit card
Lilli
LilliVIC3 posts
 

I mostly like ahm, the app is easy to use, claims are easy and quick to come through, and the staff are pretty lovely when you speak to them. But it’s ridiculous how hard it is to claim mental health services, and this is hard enough to access without insurance, but then when you do have cover it shouldn’t be even harder. I had to change… Read more

counsellors because mine wasn’t registered with ahm, and ahm were pretty good in dealing with that issue (Amazing even), but now my daughter sees a provisional psychologist, the only option through her school, but provisional psychologists are not recognised by ahm and therefore I cannot claim benefits.. it’s pretty discouraging when trying to care for our own and kids mental health.

Lana
LanaVIC
 

I was deeply grateful to the help that I received and really appreciate the solution to my issue. The customer service was outstanding, the best I had experienced as a customer in all my years as one. It was a professional process and I was shown care and consideration and respect. Over all this staff member deserves a promotion as she was able to… Read more ·  1

meet my needs above and beyond and that was a brand new experience for me, no hesitation in saying she was the best consultant that is in your company and i thank her very much for helping me and being so nice and friendly.

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Louise
LouiseNSW
 

Referral # RBNR93JF.. from me to YOU..Your welcome,come join Ahm today Show details

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Tomforfun
Tomforfun11 posts
 

Very good people run this company – Highly recommend best insurance company around I will definitely tell anyone that's need insurance to use AHM Show details ·  7

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AshAl
AshAlNSW3 posts
 

I switched to AHM through compare club. They assured me it would be a great fit for my family after going through a range of questions. It all sounded great, it had no limit for general dental and had a good limit ($1000) for periodontal like our family needed. In reality though it pays almost nothing towards each visit aside from dental check ups… Read more

and glasses. My daughter had a cap put on her tooth today and it paid a whole %16 of the bill. My husband went to the periodontist last week and it was also such a low percentage of the bill paid. Our previous cover with nib had been percentage based that we got 70% of the bills back for extras. The only reason I changed was that I ‘upgraded’ our extras and it rolled over to a new policy that removed our no limit for preventative dental without informing me…

Overall I’m kinda sick of health insurance - if I put away the ridiculous amount I spend on this every week I could easy pay 100% of these bills…

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LJG
LJGNSW80 posts
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Refund on over $4000 was less than I pay them a fortnight! – AHM is a disgusting SCAM. Had eye surgery costing over $4000, AHM paid me less than I pay them a fortnight, what's the point?. AHM is supposed to only have you pay the hospital excess once in 12 months, but it is based on the anniversary of when you took out your policy, which is only really known to AHM. I had a surgery in March, paid the… Read more

excess, my anniversary was in April, I had another surgery in November, at admissions boom AHM made me pay the excess again within 12 months.

When I raised these issues with AHM I was met with excuses, the lady even laughed at me!. I raised a complaint and their "Customer Advocate" [Name Removed] (no surname) sent me a generic email full of excuses blaming the government, the doctor, me! for not calling every surgeon in the country to see who would do my highly specialised procedure for $600?. AHM took absolutely no responsibility for their GREED provided no return phone number or email. When I responded I got an email telling me AHM doesn't reply to emails, completely impersonal.

If you call AHM and ask them which surgeons will do a procedure under the no-GAP or within the thresholds of AHM they will tell you they can't give you medical advice. It's not medical advice, its member advice. AHM puts the onus on you and finds any excuse not to provide a refund

With AHM you have worse odds than going to a casino, the house always wins!.

Latest follow-ups

Wayne Taylor
Wayne TaylorSA30 posts
 

Have been with AHM since 1st November and now have a query regarding my cover. On the weekend I went online. You cannot get anyone on the weekend, fair enough but you cannot even email them! Their website is [Name Removed]! Again trying to check my… Read more

cover, excess, etc but cannot do it on line.

Called the 1300 number and after going though some lengthy identity process, I am now told I can go online and seek help (tried that, it was bloody useless) so now I am on hold and the expected time waiting is 30 mins!!!!

Even tried to check my cover and excesses but they require procedure codes and when it is happening.

Bloody useless.

 Follow-up  · It has been over a month now and my partner has had cause to seek a claim due to a smoke inhalation incident at her work but AHM are proclaiming it was a pre existing ailment. I pay good money and have an expectation of good service - if you try and call them to speak to someone, be prepared to spend a lot of time on the phone waiting. It is… Read more

ahm
ahm    

Thanks for reaching out and sharing your experience Wayne,… Read more (+1 reply)

lapsapfler
lapsapflerWA
 

Transferred over from another provider and now regretting it. Claims at the service provider keeps getting rejected and have to manually do it via their website/app. Then it takes more than a week for them to pay the claim that I have to keep… Read more ·  1

checking. Tried to call them and takes so long to speak to someone that I gave up and used their online chat. Again, it takes so long to connect to "an agent" and when I finally get to speak to one, the person takes so long to respond to each message telling that "this is not a livechat". When I finally got fed up and wanted to speak to complaints team, they kept refusing saying that no customer can talk to them direct. I had to push multiple times before finally being told that somebody in complaints will contact. However, they didn't even mention when or how long this will take and I'm still waiting!

 Follow-up  · Received a call from AHM complains area. Although they ultimately couldn’t do much with my complain, they did compensate me accordingly. Its good to see a health insurer that is willing to do that, so my view of AHM is more positive now.

In-depth reviews

PLW
PLWNSW6 posts
 

My wife and I would like to document the exemplary customer service received today from Ahm Health customer service officer Reene. I contacted Ahm today, to make a quite detailed and involved dental inquiry for my wife, and other health inquiries for myself. My call was answered by a lady name Renee. Right from the first moment Renee spoke, she… Read more

established an immediate repour with my wife and myself. In all our questions and other dealings with Reene, she displayed an outstanding customer service skill set, was professional, friendly, show empathy to us with our inquiries, and was extremely patience particularly with my wife who has poor hearing. Our interaction with Reene, regarding our multiple in queries was always explained by her in a clear and concise fashion so that we were very easily able, to understand. Before Renne gave us the final information relating to our inquiries, she tripled checked to ensure that we received all the correct and latest information. She went far above and beyond her customer service role.

We believe that Reene is a great credit not only to herself, but she is also an extremely valuable asset to Ahm Health, and they are fortunate to have such a marvelous employee.

Although we have passed on our thoughts to her supervisor Sarah, we believe that Reene should be recognized and highly rewarded by Ahm for her fantastic work ethic.

Reene a job well done, thank you very much and keep up your genuine friendly customer approach when dealing with future Ahm customers. all the best, Paul and Leonie W

M K.
M K.6 posts
 

I had been with ahm for a long time on their Lite Flexi Bronze Plus policy, paying around $81 per week for hospital and extras. Recently I reviewed my cover and discovered that benefits were far lower than what other funds offer for lower premiums. What surprised me even more was that Medibank and ahm belong to the same group, yet Medibank offers… Read more

a Silver Plus Core coverage with far more benefits for a less weekly cost. That raised concerns for me about how loyal ahm members were being looked after and whether the group is prioritising profit over member value.

I raised a formal complaint and received a polite response, but ultimately no goodwill or acknowledgment of the value gap. So I chose not to stay within the ahm–Medibank group and instead switched to another fund, who offered better coverage and far higher returns on claims at a very competitive price.

Posting this simply to encourage others: review your cover regularly, even if you’ve been with your fund for years. Loyalty doesn’t always mean you’re getting the best value, and sometimes the differences between products inside the same corporate group can be much larger than people realise.

Hope this helps someone else before they spend years overpaying as I did.

ahm
ahm    

Thanks for bringing this up and sharing your experience. … Read more (+1 reply)

Marblesmith
MarblesmithNSW
  Verified

In late 2022 I had been with AHM for in excess of 35 years, when I made a change via iSelect to see if there was anything better on the market as the media always suggests. I wanted a ‘like for like’ basis plan as I had been on the top tier of AHM. HCF was suggested and it was a lower monthly fee of about $50-60. Didn’t completely check the… Read more ·  1

‘fine print’ as I believed I was being placed in a comparable policy as I had with AHM.

Early 2025 I required a full shoulder replacement and it was then I noticed that my plan was for ‘shoulder reconstruction’ not ‘shoulder replacement’. I’m m not a medical professional but apparently there’s a difference. I immediately contacted HCF and raised my plan. However, because it was a pre existing condition I was required to wait the 12-month waiting period despite my previous length of membership. My injury was severe and required immediate surgery but would not be able to be performed until March 2026.

I contacted AHM and spoke to Melody from the Customer Team and explained my situation and informed her I was changing back to AHM immediately as they would honour all waiting periods imposed by HCF. Melody could not have been more helpful and I asked her if it was possible, that due to my previous loyalty to AHM, the waiting period might be waived. She informed me she would try and speak to senior officers to see what could be done. She kept me up to date with our new policy and several days later informed that that due to my previous loyalty they would, on this occasion only, waive the 12 month waiting period so I was clear to have my shoulder surgery.

I was completely relieved, as to pay for the operation would have been well in excess of $40,000. In short, there was a reason I was with AHM for such a lengthy period and that’s because they were there when I needed them and I had never had any problems. I’ve also learnt, beware of 3rd party involvements if you are transferring health funds.

Positive reviews

Tony18670
Tony18670VIC8 posts
 

Health Insurance is a necessity. We have been with AHM for many years & I have been hospitalized on nine occasions (heart/urinary). Besides the excess, we have paid very little out of pocket expenses and all communications we have had with AHM have been excellent. My daughter (who has mental health issues) has been hospitalized for several… Read more ·  1

months on two different occasions and all expenses were covered by AHM (in-patient & out-patient). For our family they have been a very good company.

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Ccc
CccWestern Australia50 posts
 

Excellent in my view as I love managing by app 24/7 can make changes to cover and excess no three hour conversation needed (yes most private health calls take 1.5 each) otherwise has online chat and fast back-end processing. Team on online chat so helpful and fast so happy to be back with them great cover that suits my needs Show details ·  2

Tina P
Tina PVIC2 posts
 

So happy to speak with Troy today at AHM today. I was about to change health insurance company and Troy and I went through my policy comparing the policy. And it’s more than reasonable to say it’s worth calling your current insurance before you leave. The current insurance I am on is so much better. He also advised me how to save costs in… Read more ·  2

utilising the extras I have eg. Dental, exercise physiology and paying in advance to save costs. Well done. I’m staying with AHM. Big thank you to Troy for assisting me with this current policy and making me feel secure about the choice I made today.

Negative reviews

Steven A.
Steven A.QLD
 

Do not use this insurer! I have been a customer for 12 years and have been treated like crap by their customer service, be ready for consistent 1 hour wait times on the phone as it seems they only have 3 people at the desks to save money and not to mention the $600 they had taken from my account without warning, also turns out I’m paying $1100 per… Read more

year and getting $1300 worth of cover. Absolutely disgusted with this health insurer and would not recommend

ahm
ahm    

We’re very sorry to hear about your experience and understand… Read more

Kaye Hallcroft
Kaye HallcroftNSW10 posts
 
Transparency
Customer Service
Value for Money

I was on the phone from 2.30 till 5 waiting for someone to answer my call.. I eventually hung up. I can see where my $90 a fortnight is going certainly not into customer care I will keep sending in reviews AHM untill you lift your game. wouldnt it be interesting if I kept you waiting for that length of time see how you like it Show details

ahm
ahm    

Hi Kaye, I completely understand how frustrating it is to… Read more

Emma. M
Emma. M
 

There is no clear way to check my hospital cover on the website—nothing seems to work. I’ve tried multiple times over the past couple of weeks, but I haven’t received any response. Messaging, calling, and emailing have all been unsuccessful. I’ve been paying for this insurance for 3 years, and this is the first time I’ve actually needed it. Unfortunately, it’s been a very disappointing experience. I truly regret choosing this company. Show details

ahm
ahm    

Sorry to hear this Emma, that’s definitely not the experience… Read more

Recent reviews

Greg
GregNSW10 posts
 

AHM have excellent customer service and claims process. So far I've used their extras for one year, and they have always paid promptly without issues. Their claims process is easy either online or via the app. They are quick and helpful to respond to chat support. Keep up the good work. Show details ·  1

Marianne
Marianne
 

Friendly and professional service. Lee took time and made a real difference to my disicion to stay with ahm, as she tailored my profile to my personal needs and was able to offer a cheaper option compared to my previous contract with ahm. Show details ·  1

Lisa
LisaQLD
 

Lee went above and beyond to fix my issue and actually called me back to rectify it . I had a wonderful experience of someone listening and caring to help Thankyou to Lee and her amazing team Show details ·  1

Jin Cho
Jin ChoNSW3 posts
 

This company is a joke. You can't cancel online, and I had to wait on the phone for 30 minutes just to talk to someone. I absolutely do not recommend this service. Stay away Show details

ahm
ahm    

Hi Jin, I’m really sorry to hear about your experience.… Read more

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Chez M
Chez M
 

Everytime I speak to someone from AHM, it’s always beyond pleasant 5+ stars or 10+ Today was no different when speaking with Lee. She was bubbling friendly and helpful. Her rapport with customers is AWESOME. For someone who spent 18 years in customer service with Medibank and Medicare, it’s important and means a lot to me. Lee deserves a raise… Read more ·  1

for ticking all the boxes with her approach to customer service I hope she is rewarded. Good staff is good for any company. Treat them well and they will stay And the results will be happy employees and happy customers

dgbell1943
dgbell1943NSW
 

This morning I spoke to Carmen for help with an extras claim that I had submitted. She was courteous, polite and competent. She updated some of my records without being asked and ensured that we would not be charged an ambulance service levy. The time I had to wait for my phone call was a different matter. It was almost an hour. The reason is… Read more ·  1

given that there is a high call rate. Obviously the reason is a mismatch between call volumes and staff available. AHM aren't employing enough people to answer the call traffic.

Stephen
Stephen2 posts
 

Lisa was incredibly helpful and has outstanding knowledge in every area! She was so friendly and made me feel comfortable with asking many questions. As she was able to break down each plan and how it works, I will be very likely to sign up. Show details ·  1

Suresh I.
Suresh I.5 posts
  Verified

I am with AHM from 2018. I never had any dispute with them. They were extra helpful during Covid and continued to maintain their trust and care. I called Laura to upgrade my policy and she showed lots of patience to explain the policy and also asked me for any issues that needs to be addressed. I suggest that you call AHM to understand their friendly service. Show details ·  1

Cathy
Cathy15 posts
 

New customer not very happy with transition. No assistance and no callback as offered. I was told I would be covered immediately. But I’m not. I have over paid a yearly premium on the 24th of February. I want to know why the overpayment wasn’t refunded. You’ve got my money for the next 12 months and I’m not covered!!! I was transferring from Bupa. I’m thinking of going back to them. Show details

ahm
ahm    

Thanks for sharing Cathy. I’m really sorry to hear how… Read more

Claire
ClaireVIC3 posts
 

Alain’s time and customer service today was wonderful. He took the time to listen and clarify my concerns and explain why I was having the issue I had specifically called about which I really appreciated. He was extremely thorough in helping me resolve my issue and provided additional suggestions and recommendations in order for me to get the best out of my membership. He was brilliant, thanks so much Alain! Show details ·  1

Catherine A.
Catherine A.NSW
 

Joanne from AHM was absolutely outstanding. She helped me immensely in understanding exactly which benefits suited my needs and how to best utilise my limits. Her knowledge was extensive, and she explained everything clearly and patiently, making what could have been a confusing process feel straightforward and manageable. Joanne truly knows her… Read more ·  1

field and is without a doubt in the right position. I’m very grateful for her guidance and highly recommend her to anyone needing support with their cover.

A Adams
A Adams
 

Horrible customer service - horrible cover, ridiculously difficult to deal with and you will get different answers from different people, even if you do a pre-claim check, leaving you thousands out of pocket. Stay away. Show details

ahm
ahm    

Thanks for sharing your experience. I’m really sorry to hear… Read more

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