What You Should Know About Fees for Uninsured Services
Taken from the Ontario Medical Association (www.oma.org). See more here.
The Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) provides coverage for a vast majority of physician services; however, there are some services that are not covered. Physicians are pleased to offer these valuable services; however the responsibility for payment lies with the patient or the third party requesting the service.
Quality healthcare, medical advice and timely access are priorities that Ontario's physicians intend to honour. Speak with Annette for more information about other health care services that are not covered by OHIP.
Examples of services not covered by OHIP
Medical Services
Examinations/diagnostic tests necessary to satisfy requirements requested by employers, insurance companies, government agencies, etc.
Pre-adoption examinations
Prescription renewals without a visit
Travel medicine advice and services for traveling outside of Canada
Telephone advice if initiated by patient
Completion of Forms and Medical Records
Medical/legal reports
Federal government forms
Certificates for the purpose of travel, immigration, employment, etc.
Driver’s/aviation medical exam and other licensing forms/certificates
Insurance forms, reports and certificates, such as:
Disability certificate
Treatment plan
Insurance medical examination reports
Completion of work and school related forms/notes, such as:
Sick or back-to-work notes
Admission to day care/schools/ recreational
Employer requested reports/forms (e.g., form physicals)
Administrative Services
Copying medical records, reports and letters at the patient’s request
Transfer or summary of medical records at the patient’s request
Missed appointments without sufficient notice
Dr. Annette Richard’s Fees for Uninsured Services
Fee structure as stipulated by the Ontario Medical Association
Annual fee for prescription re-fills (no appointment required)
$50
Completion of forms for Driver's Physicals
$30
Sick note and/or Back to Work note
$20
Notes for Physio, Chiropractic, Massage, Hypnosis, Acupuncture
$20
Disability Tax Credit form
$50
Attending Physician's Statement
$140
CPP form
$85
Copying Medical records
$35 (first 20 pages)
$0.30 per page thereafter