Alberta (AB)
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan:
Professional Services

Physicians

• medically required services of General Practitioners and Specialists are paid under an approved schedule of fees
• patients are free to choose the physician of their choice and physicians are free to choose their patients (they are not obligated to treat any insured person)

Optometrists

The following services rendered by an optometrist for persons up to the age of 19 and over 65 or recipients of the Alberta Widow Pension who are under age 19 and over age 65 and their dependent children:

• 1 annual routine vision exam
• diagnosis and treatment of eye disease and injuries

Chiropractors

• services to a maximum of $12.66 per visit
• limit of $200 per benefit period (July 1 - June 30) per individual
• x-ray provision of $20.95 for each disability

Osteopaths

• $5.00 for each visit

Podiatrists

• $250 per benefit period (July 1 - June 30) per individual

Physiotherapists

• services through Regional Health Authorities, on a basis of assessed need

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