A memo from the provincial government shows new billing codes for specialist physicians across Saskatchewan were effective as of March 24.
By April 8, however, they still hadn’t received those codes, leaving physicians unable to appropriately bill for their services. “Many of us are what’s called Fee-For-Service,” explained Dr.
Barbara Konstantynowicz, vice-president of the Saskatchewan Medical Association. “So we run a small business and the economics of the day have impacted us just the same as they have on many small business owners, and so we are very concerned about keeping our offices open and running,” she said.