Home health non-insured health benefits

There have been important revisions to the NIHB Program concerning Snuneymuxw members. The NIHB Program requires client consent in order to meet federal, provincial and territorial privacy requirements. Consent provides the NIHB Program with the ability to better target benefits, reduce the abuse and misuse of benefits by sharing information with prescribers, providers and clients and to manage the program.

Please come into the Health Centre to fill out the Consent Form for yourself and your family members as soon as possible, to ensure the continuity of your Health Care. Please visit the Health Canada - NIHB Program website for complete information. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnihb/nihb/consent

General

FNIHB Pacific Region is the authorizing body governing all issues related to client travel and any exceptions or additions to these policies will be at the discretion of the FNIHB Pacific Region.
The Non-Insured Health Benefits ( NIHB ) program provides:
  • registered Indians and Inuit living in BC who are not eligible for extended health coverage through a provincial, territorial or other third party plan with transportation to the nearest appropriate medical or health related facility located outside normal service area in order to receive medical and other health related services; (outside of normal service area ie: out of range of their local services as groceries, church, post office, shopping, school)
  • where provincial health care has approved services and made the necessary arrangements to access required services outside the province, transportation assistance will be provided to registered Indian and Inuit to access these services.

Infants under the age of one year who are not registered with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) are provided with NIHB coverage including Medical Transportation under their parents status number. Children who are one year of age or older and who have not been registered with INAC are not entitled to NIHB Benefits.

Medical Transportation is provided only to access either Insured Health Services which are provided through the BC Medical Plan or benefits provided by the FNIHB Noninsured Health Benefits (NIB) Program in conjunction with active medical treatment. Requests to provide Medical Transportation to access services that are not provincially insured or which do not fall under the parameters of the NIB mandate will be denied as non benefits.

Medical transportation will be provided for approved escorts, when required, for legal or medical reasons only.

Meals and accommodation for clients and approved escorts will be provided while in transit for health care services.




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