AHS offers funded physiotherapy services for Albertans with specific physical concerns to help improve their function, better understand their condition and what they can do to be healthy and independent. The services cover concerns including:
Banff Physical Therapy contracts with AHS to provide physiotherapy for post-fracture conditions, post-surgical conditions including total knee and hip replacements.
Albertans do not need a referral from a physician or healthcare professional to access AHS-funded physiotherapy. Here’s how to access services for each concern:
Call the Rehabilitation Advice Line for general advice. Low-income Albertans may be eligible for virtual or in-person services. Call 1-833-379-0563 for more information (available Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). For more information, visit ahs.ca/ral.
Banff Physical Therapy offers services for post-fracture conditions and post-surgical conditions that happened within the last 12 weeks. In certain specific cases, Banff Physical Therapy can also have AHS approval if care needs to start later than 12 weeks.
Book an appointment and we will help you to determine if you qualify @ https://banffphysicaltherapy.janeapp.com/ Albertans can also choose to pay out of pocket or use third-party benefits to access the physiotherapy service provider of their choice, outside of the AHS contracts and outpatient services. For more information on AHS-funded physiotherapy, please see the AHS Outpatient and Community Physiotherapy FAQ.
Banff Physical therapy has a contract with Worker’s Compensation Board of Alberta to assess and treat people who are injured at work. If you are injured at work there are a few steps you need to follow.
If you have been involved in a motor vehicle accident in Alberta, you can claim some medical benefit coverage. To be entitled to this coverage, you must report your injury within 10 business days of the collision. Physiotherapy coverage for MVA injuries can be covered under the Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols or under the section B protocol. Our physiotherapists will help you determine if you fall under protocol or not. They will also fill out forms to submit your claim and get approval from your insurance company to 10 or 21 physiotherapy visits. These visits will have to be used within 90 days of your motor vehicle accident.