Medical Bulletins

Bulletins in PDF

• Med 165: April 2012 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments April 1, 2012 / Facility Listing updates
• Special Edition to Annualized Clinical ARPs: March 2012 – Medical Reciprocal Changes for Clinical Alternative Relationship Plans 
• Special Edition to Clinical ARPs: March 2012 – New Grants and ARP Management System (GAMS) 
• Med 164: October 2011 – Seasonal influenza immunization program 2011 
• Med 163: October 2011 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments October 1, 2011 / Facility Listing updates 
• Med 162: August 2011 – Champix^® – August 10, 2011
• Med 161: July 2011 – Out-of-Country Health Services Committee / Out-of-Country Health Services Appeal Panel changes – effective August 1, 2011
• Med 160: March 2011 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments March 31, 2011 / Facility Listing updates / Nurse practitioner referrals / Updated Physician's Resource Guide
• Med 159: December 2010 – Reassessment of claims/Claim submission information/Revised explanatory codes 
• Med 158: November 2010 – Seasonal influenza immunization program 2010 
• Med 157: September 2010 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments October 1, 2010 / Important claim submission information / Facility Listing updates 
• Special Bulletin: September 2010 – to Ophthalmologists – Billing for cataract surgery services and diagnostic services 
• Med 156: June 2010 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments / Facility Listing update 
• Special Bulletin: May 2010 – to Psychiatrists – Gender Reassignment Surgery Program Modified Phase-out 
• Special Bulletin: May 2010 – to Cardiologists and Cardiovascular Surgeons – Percutaneous Heart Valve Device Program 
• Med 155: April 2010 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments/Business Cost Program update / Facility listing updates/other claim submission information 
• Med 154: March 2010 – New payment process for the Rural Remote Northern Program 
• Med 153: November 2009 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments, effective December 1 
• Med 152: November 2009 – New health service code – telephone advice regarding H1N1 virus 
• Med 151: October 2009 – Approval required for Ultrasound and Echocardiography 
• Med 150: October 2009 – Rural Remote Northern Program – Community Rate Table 
• Med 149: October 2009 – Rural Remote Northern Program – New payment process 
• Med 148: September 2009 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments / Facility Listing updates 
• Med 147: September 2009 – Eligibility criteria for seasonal influenza immunization 
• Med 146: August 2009 – Claim submission information / Bulletins online 
• Med 145: August 2009 – Payment of claims from chiropractic referrals 
• Med 144: June 2009 – New facility numbers for Community Mental Health Clinics / other Facility Listing updates 
• Med 143: May 2009 – Retroactive Payment Schedule 
• Med 142: April 2009 – Prior approval for cataract surgery, MRI and bone mineral density testing services for Saskatchewan residents 
• Med Special Edition to General Practitioners: April 2009 – Comprehensive Annual Care Plans for patients with complex needs 
• Med 141: March 2009 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments / Claim submission information / Facility Listing update 
• Special Edition: March 2009 – Alternate Relationship Plan (ARP) 
• Med 140: February 2009 – Rural, Remote, Northern Program (RRNP) – New Flat Fee payment applications required for April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009 
• Med 139: November 2008 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments / Billing notes re: laminaria tent insertion; services requiring two anaesthetists 
• Med 138: November 2008 – Eligibility criteria for influenza immunization / Related billing information 
• Med 137: September 2008 – Updated Facility Listing 
• Med 136: September 2008 – Retroactive Payments – Previously Paid Medical Reciprocal Claims 
• Med 135: July 2008 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments – effective August 1, 2008 / Interim rate increase / Claim Submission Reminders 
• Med 134: June 2008 – Introduction of facility type Community Ambulatory Care 
• Med 133: May 2008 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments / Claims for stillborns 
• Med 132: May 2008 – Clinical Stabilization Initiative – Rural Remote Northern Program 
• Med 131: May 2008 – Canada Health Cards Poster 
• Med 130: March 2008 – Clinical Stabilization Initiative Business Cost Program 
• Med 129: January 2008 – Retro payments – Previously Paid Medical reciprocal Claims 
• Med 128: January 2008 – New Clinical Stabilization Business Cost Program 
• Med 127: December 2007 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments / Other claim submission information 
• Med 126: November 2007 – Reminder – November retroactive payments 
• Med 125: November 2007 – Claims Reassessment Process – Peer review Committee disbanded 
• Med 124: October 2007 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments / Facility Updates / Explanatory Code Revisions 
• Med 123: September 2007 – Submitting claims for electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation 
• Med 122: July 2007 – Retroactive payments 
• Med 121: July 2007 – Submitting claims with complex care modifiers – update 
• Med 120: July 2007 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments / Facility updates 
• Med 119: June 2007 – Newfoundland and Labrador Health Care Card update 
• Med 118: May 2007 – Visits to assisted living and designated assisted living facilities / Facility Listing update 
• Med 117: March 2007 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments / New explanatory code / Facility Listing updates 
• Med 116: March 2007 – Submitting claims with complex care modifiers 
• Med 115: February 2007 – Physician claims submission for the end of fiscal year 2006/2007 
• Med 114: January 2007 – Schedule of Medical Benefits amendments / New explanatory code / Claim submission information / Facility Listing updates 
• Med 113: December 2006 – Canada Health Cards poster 
• Med 112: October 2006 – Submitting claims for telephone consultations / Facility Listing update 
• Med 111: August 2006 – Surgical assistance benefits
• Med 97: February 2005 – Supervised services