Services Not Covered by Saskatchewan Health
- Inpatient and outpatient services provided for reasons other than medical necessity.
- Chiropractic services - except for low-income individuals receiving Supplementary Health, Family Health or Seniors Income Benefits (up to 12 treatments a year).
- Cataract surgery and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provided outside Saskatchewan - unless Saskatchewan Health has given prior written approval.
- Non-emergency services provided outside Canada - unless Saskatchewan Health has given prior written approval.
- Extra cost of private and semi-private ward accommodation if you choose it but your physician doesn't order it.
- Physiotherapy and occupational therapy services provided by private physical and occupational therapists not under contract with a health region.
- Services provided by health facilities other than hospitals - unless Saskatchewan Health has an agreement with the facility to cover those services.
- Ambulance trips
- Hospitals and medical services for certain elective treatment services such as:
- Cosmetic surgery;
- Removal of warts and other benign lesions;
- Sterilization reversals;
- Removal of portwine stains on skin for people over 17 years of age; and
- Routine circumcision of newborn males.
- Health examinations:
- For employment;
- For insurance;
- For vehicle seat belt exemptions;
- At the request of any third party such as an employer (except if the examination is for adoption or foster parent purposes or for rape or child abuse cases); and
- For routine eye examinations for persons 18 years of age and over.
- Podiatry services provided by private podiatry clinics within Saskatchewan or podiatry services obtained out-of-province.
- Contact lenses or eyeglasses - including lenses and frames.
- Appliances - such as hearing aids, artificial limbs or crutches taken home from hospital. Saskatchewan Health covers certain appliances under other health programs.
- Dental services except those described under Partially Covered Services
- Special duty nurses - except in hospital when a physician orders the service.
- Naturopath and osteopath services.
- Lodging in personal care homes - residential facilities providing adults with accommodation, meals and help with personal care.
- Home care services that are not provided or funded by the health region, such as services received from private homemaking and private home nursing agencies.
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