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 the Ministry of 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 Ministry of Health
3475 Albert Street
Regina, SK S4S 6X6