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How to Obtain a Refund for Services

If you receive services outside Canada or physician services in Quebec, you may be billed directly. Please follow these steps so Saskatchewan Health can repay you:

 

1. Obtain an itemized bill which includes:

 

A. For a physician's, optometrist's or chiropractor's bill:

  • name of the practitioner who provided the services
  • name, if any, of your referring physician diagnosis (and additional clinical information if the service was unusual)
  • code and description of service
  • location of the service (office, hospital inpatient, hospital outpatient, home, etc.)
  • date of each service (except for hospital visits)
  • first and last date and total number of hospital days of care by the physician
  • the amount charged for each service

 

B. For a hospital bill:

  • diagnosis
  • date of service
  • description of each service or procedure
  • amount the hospital charged for each service or procedure
  • your name and health services number appearing on your current health services card
  • your name if your child or ward received the service

 

C. For a prescription drug bill (in Canada only):

  • Be sure to include your health services number with the original receipt and send to Saskatchewan Drug Plan & Extended Benefits Branch.

 

2. Be sure the bill includes the following information from your health services card or your dependent's card:

  • patient's name
  • name and address of the parent or guardian if the patient is a dependent
  • patient's health services number (this is a nine-digit number)
  • patient's month and year of birth
  • gender of the patient

Send the bill to:

Benefits and Inquiries

Medical Services Branch

Saskatchewan Health

3475 Albert Street

Regina, SK S4S 6X6


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