Medical services watchdog sues Vancouver clinic, alleging illegal extra billing
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The injunction filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Feb. 1 makes similar arguments to one filed by the commission in December againstThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.On its website, Harrison Healthcare touts its “premier” health program, which costs patients $5,500 in the first year and $4,500 per year after that. A preventative care program for teens and young adults costs $1,600 year, and services for children costs $675 a year.
The company stresses “fees for programs are strictly for the uninsured components of care,” according to the website. The court petition alleges Harrison Healthcare “is charging for or in relation to MSP covered medical services such that a reasonable person would consider that the purchase of Harrison Healthcare’s services would result in preferential treatment or priority access to those services.”
Harrison Healthcare also touts on its website that its eight family physicians have a small roster of less than 400 patients. This is compared to a typical B.C. family physician who has a patient roster of around 1,250 patients. The company’s website says it has plans to open eight new clinics over the next three years, including another in Vancouver, and new clinics in Victoria, Kelowna, the North Shore, South Surrey/Langley, and three more outside of B.C.
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