Join the Network One Health Provider Network

The Network One Health Provider Network, a governed maternity pathway. NOH is a health services integrator. It organises independent providers, hospital resources, care coordinators, clinical protocols, patient navigation, contracting, data and reporting into one pathway. You join as an independent provider. Clinical responsibility remains with the treating clinician within a governed pathway. NOH coordinates the episode, data, contracts, escalation and team operations.

Not as the default. The offer is structured participation in a team-based maternity network with governance, contracting, patient navigation and operational support. Some site-specific roles may be contracted or employed, but independent participation is the norm.

Yes. You keep your rooms, your referral relationships and your non-network patients. You participate in the NOH maternity pathway alongside your own practice.

The contracting entity is confirmed per site, reflecting the site's operating model. Your role, scope, payment, indemnity, duties and reporting lines are set out in the signed provider agreement.

Network One Health is one of a small number of South African provider groups actively testing maternity global-fee contracting with Discovery. Many providers do not enter these arrangements because compliance, administration, team coordination and scheme engagement are difficult. NOH carries much of that operating burden and gives providers a structured route into the model.

There are two pathways: a cash maternity bundle and the Discovery Global Fee. The cash bundle packages the core maternity episode at a transparent price for the patient. Provider payment and billing mechanics differ by pathway and site.

No fee figures are published. Fee schedules vary by site, pathway, discipline, scope, volume and local operating model, and are discussed during the virtual call or site visit. Commercial discussions use a recognised medical-scheme benchmark, adjusted for site, region, role, scope, volume, pathway and negotiated responsibilities. The model is being built toward outcomes-linked payment; current contracts use simpler retainers, sessions, lists or case-based payments.

Every woman enters through a structured booking risk assessment. Site protocols define exclusion, escalation and co-management criteria. Low and intermediate-risk maternity sits within the NOH pathway where appropriate; high-risk or medically complex cases are escalated, co-managed or carved out according to protocol.

Escalation follows site-specific clinical protocols under NOH clinical governance. High-risk or complex cases move to specialist-led care, co-management or carve-out. Neonatal escalation follows site-specific protocols and available NICU arrangements.

You retain your own professional indemnity. NOH assists with formal notification to your provider before duties begin. For some short-term contracted roles NOH is exploring group indemnity. Indemnity arrangements are confirmed at onboarding.

All clinical contacts must be documented in the designated EMR within 24 hours. Documentation standards sit under NOH clinical governance with site-specific implementation.

Hard outcomes: risk-adjusted caesarean section rate; NICU admission rate; postpartum haemorrhage and major maternal morbidity; and severe neonatal adverse outcomes requiring escalation. Operating KPIs: booking risk assessment completion; clinical documentation within 24 hours; and escalation protocol compliance. These measures help NOH govern clinical consistency, identify variation and improve the pathway over time.

EOI → intro call → credential pack → scope and site-fit assessment → virtual call or site visit → fee schedule discussion → provider agreement / SLA → indemnity notification → protocol induction → EMR onboarding → roster placement → first review.