Uninsured Services

The Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) pays physicians for medically necessary services provided to patients seen in the office/hospital etc. You may require some services that are not paid for under OHIP - these are considered Uninsured Services.  Examples include, but are not limited to:

• Telephone prescription renewals - your doctor will provide you with enough medication to last you until he/she feels you need to have a follow-up appointment in the office. Requests for renewals, either from the patient directly or from the pharmacy, are considered uninsured services.
• Telephone consultation - phone advice from a physician at the request of a patient to discuss symptoms or concerns, request advice or seek treatment is considered an uninsured service.
• Missed/cancelled appointments - appointments which are missed or not cancelled 24 hours in advance, in order to open up spaces for other patients who may also need to see their doctor, will be billed as an uninsured service.
• Transfer of records.
• Drivers' physicals.
• Employment physicals.
• Children's camp physicals.
• Newborn circumcision.
• Removal of some moles/cysts.
• Ear piercing.
• Completion of forms and certificates.

For your convenience, services not covered by OHIP can be paid for by cash, cheque, debit/Interac, MasterCard or VISA.