OHIP & Uninsured Services

The Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) pays for medically necessary services provided to patients seen in the office/hospital etc. You may require some services that are not insured by OHIP. These are considered Uninsured Services. Please speak directly with your clinician to inquire about the fees. Examples include, but are not limited to:

• travel advice and travel immunization
• telephone prescription renewals
• telephone consultation – phone advice from a physician at the request of a patient to discuss symptoms or concerns, request advice, or seek treatment
• missed / cancelled appointments – appointments which are missed or not cancelled with 24 hours notice
• transfer of records
• drivers physicals
• employment physicals
• children's camp physicals
• newborn circumcision
• removal of some moles/cysts
• ear piercing
• completion of forms including sick notes and certificates
• medical-legal correspondence