MAS Preventative Bowel and Breast Cancer Screening program provides reimbursements for the cost of a screening to those who will become eligible for publicly-funded screening when they reach the required age (58 for bowel cancer and 45 for breast cancer). If you request a reimbursement through this program, you agree to the following terms and conditions.

MAS Terms and Conditions

  1. MAS will reimburse the cost, to a maximum of $300, for:
    • a 2d or Tomosynthesis (3D) screening mammogram;
    • a faecal immunochemical test or a Colotect™ 1.0 Bowel Cancer Screening.
  2. You must currently hold a MAS Life and Income Insurance product to be eligible for this offer.
  3. Any MAS Member requiring advice on the procedure should seek such advice from their healthcare professional.
  4. A positive result on a bowel screening test is unlikely to meet the criteria for publicly funded colonoscopy as part of the National Bowel Screening Programme.
  5. MAS assumes no responsibility or liability for:
    • a Member's choice of breast screening clinic and the availability of clinic appointments;
    • any additional tests or investigations that a a Member may require as a result of a bowel or breast cancer screening test;
    • any act or omission of Mercy Screening or of any breast screening clinic visited by a member for their screening mammogram.
  6. To be eligible for a screening mammogram, you will need to meet the following criteria.
    • You must be aged 40 to 44, and will become eligible for publicly funded screening when you turn 45.
    • You haven't had a mammogram in the last 12 months.
    • You haven't already been reimbursed for this test within the last 2 years.
    • You haven't had a breast cancer diagnosis in the last 5 years.
    • You show no signs of breast cancer (such as a new breast lump or thickening, rash, nipple discharge, changes in the shape or size of your breast, or unusual breast pain.
    • You are not pregnant or breastfeeding.
    • You have not been lactating in the last 3 months.
  7. To be eligible for bowel screening, you must meet the following criteria.
    • You do not have any symptoms of bowel cancer (such as rectal bleeing, change of bowel motions, anemia, severe persistent or periodic abdominal pain, a lump or mass in the abdomen, or tiredness and loss of weight for no obvious reason).
    • You have not completed a bowel cancer screening test in the last 2 years.
    • You haven't already been reimbursed for this test within the last 2 years.
    • You have not completed a colonoscopy in the last 5 years.
    • You are not on a bowel polyp or bowel cancer surveillance programme.
    • You have not had, or are not currently being treated for, bowel cancer.
    • You have not had your large bowel removed.
    • You do not have ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.
  8. The information you provide to MAS in relation to this offer is collected, stored, shared, and used in accordance with the MAS Privacy Statement.