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- In Ontario, under the fee-for-service model, you’ll be paid by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) per procedure. OHIP has a list of approved procedures that they’ll pay you for. In order to get paid for these procedures you need to submit a claim detailing what the procedure was, who the patient is and where it took place.
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Overview. The information contained in the OHIP Schedule of Benefits requires knowledgeable interpretation and is intended primarily for members of the professional health care community. The Schedules set out the fees and requirements for payment for insured services under OHIP.
- Physician payment
annual limits may apply to various codes, including...
- Physician payment
- OHIP Billing
- OHIP Fee Code Breakdown
- OHIP Required Billing Information
- Other Types of Billing
- Out of Province
- Quebec
- Uninsured Patients
- WSIB Claims
- Rcmp/Dnd/Refugees/Prisoners
In Ontario, under the fee-for-service model, you’ll be paid by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) per procedure. OHIP has a list of approved procedures that they’ll pay you for.In order to get paid for these procedures you need to submit a claim detailing what the procedure was, who the patient is and where it took place. In order to submit c...
The first digit of the code tells the government what kind of patient you are seeing. For example, in the fee code A005a, the ‘A’ means the patient is an outpatient. If the code began with the letter ‘C’, the patient would be an inpatient, and if it started with an ‘S’, it would refer to a surgical procedure. The next two digits represent the type ...
In addition to using the required OHIP fee codes for the services you bill, you’ll also need to ensure your OHIP claims include the following information: 1. The patient’s name 2. A billing code 3. Up to 3 diagnoses (ICD9s) 4. A service location 5. A facility 6. The date of service 7. The start and end times 8. A referring physician When your claim...
Billing through OHIP will likely make up the majority of your income. However, there are other types of billing that you may need to do which aren’t directly covered by OHIP. To make sure you get paid for every patient you see, you’ll need to make sure you know how to bill properly in these situations as well:
When seeing out of province patients, who don’t have OHIP coverage but do have coverage through their home province, you can still bill OHIP thanks to the reciprocal payment program – in which all Provinces and Territories, except Quebec, have agreed to pay for insured services provided to residents of other provinces when a patient presents with a...
Patients in Quebec cannot be billed through the reciprocal program – for these patients, you’ll need to send an invoice to the provincial health body or directly to the patient. The patient will then be reimbursed by their insurance provider.
Even if the patients you treat do not have insurance – for example, if they live outside of the country, or live in Quebec – you will still be able to get paid through private invoicing. You can use Dr.Bill’s private invoice template to send private invoices directly to your patient. **This is a feature only available on the web app (not mobile). T...
To treat patients who have been hurt at work, you’ll need to register with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB).
RCMP officers, DNDs, refugees, or prisoners should be invoiced privately. Each of these categories has a specific identifier, and you’ll need to add this number to the patient card. For example, if you are using Dr.Bill and see a prisoner, you can add them using the 7-9 digit correctional ID or CS number given by the prison. Since you might not see...
annual limits may apply to various codes, including individual consultation and assessment codes Please refer to the General Preamble for the full text as well as specific elements for other groups of services (example: specific elements of psychotherapy, psychiatric and counselling services).
Services listed in the Schedule are paid to physicians with a valid OHIP billing number, when they are medically necessary for the patient (who is eligible for OHIP coverage) and any and all listed terms and conditions are met.
To help Ontario physicians, we’ve made it easy to access billing codes, forms, reference guides on best practices and cheat sheets to ensure accurate billing and save you time. Know the difference between OHIP claims
Search the Ontario Schedule of Medical Benefits electronically. We’ve digitized all the OHIP billing codes so you can easily find the most up to date billing rules and amounts. If you’re looking for more information on OHIP billing including how the system works, how to get paid, and how to bill properly, see our OHIP Billing Guide .
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Physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers are directed to review the Health Insurance Act, Regulation 552, and the Schedules under that regulation, for the complete text of the provisions. You can access this information at ontario.ca/laws.
