British Columbia (BC)
Medical Services Plan
Professional Services

Physicians

• payments to physicians are made in accordance with a tariff of fees (fee schedule) authorized by the Medical Services Plan Commission.
• all medically required services
• medically required surgical procedures
• obstetrics
• administration of anaesthetics
• laboratory services in the office incidental to the physician's other services (electrocardiogram, hemoglobin, urinalysis, etc.)
• specialist services must be referred
• non-referred specialist services are paid at the general practitioner level. (Any difference is the responsibility of the individual).
• 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/Ophthalmologists

• necessary diagnostic services for examination of the eye
• one test per 24 months for the purpose of prescribing corrective lenses for ages 16 to 64
• Orthoptic treatment limited to $50 per patient per year when referred by a medical practitioner
• cost of lenses or fitting are not covered
• not covered outside the province

Chiropractors

• under age 65: one initial and 11 subsequent office visits per year
• age 65 or over: one initial and 14 subsequent office visits per year
• payment per fee schedule
• no payment for x-rays
• not covered outside the province

Naturopaths

• under age 65: one initial and 11 subsequent office visits per year
• age 65 and over: one initial and 14 subsequent office visits per year
• payment per fee schedule
• no payment for x-rays
• not covered outside the province

Chiropodists/Podiatrists

• there is a limit of $150 per patient in any one year
• no payment for x-rays
• payment per fee schedule
• not covered outside the province

Physiotherapists (includes the services of a massage practitioner)

• under age 65: one initial and 11 subsequent office visits per year
• age 65 and over: one initial and 14 subsequent office visits per year
• payment per fee schedule
• no payment for x-rays
• not covered outside the province

Osteopaths

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