$13M clawed back from transfers to Alberta as clinics fall under scrutiny
Health Canada says that under its Diagnostic Services Policy, provinces and territories that permit patient charges for medically necessary diagnostic services, including ultrasounds and echocardiograms, are subject to mandatory deductions under the Canada Health Act.
The figure comes as Health Canada says it is aware of an arrangement at another clinic in Calgary that could run afoul of the Canada Health Act under that policy.by the Alberta NDP on Wednesday as part of their call for a probe into the possibility that "members-only medicine" was being practiced in several clinics across Alberta.
"It is these private clinics offering medically necessary diagnostic scans for which Alberta took Canada Health Transfer deductions inA spokesperson with Harrison Healthcare declined to comment on Wednesday. CBC News has reached out for additional comment.Fiona Clement, a professor at the University of Calgary in the department of community health sciences, said the issue is the samelast week stating it would move to a membership system and charge costs up to $4,800 for families.
"If the MRI is medically necessary, you can't charge for it. If it isn't medically necessary, you can charge, but then why are you doing it?" she said. "Similarly, if it is medically necessary, the patient needs to join the queue and wait. You can't charge for preferential access. "Really, all of these are just a sign of the overall system problems, which is the underfunding of family medicine. And until something is done, very substantial, about improving the way we pay for and organize family medicine, then there is just going to be more of this."
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