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Human Resources - Employee Benefits
Ambulance/Hospital Benefits
Purpose of the Plan
This plan provides for ambulance services and hospital accommodation in your home province, and provides a convenient method of "paying" for these services if they are provided in Manitoba.
For information relating to Claiming Benefits, Co-ordination of Benefits, Exclusions, Family Member Eligibility, e-service, etc. please go to the Health Benefits Home Page.
Ambulance Benefits
Full payment of reasonable and customary charges for ambulance services provided within Manitoba and payment of up to $250 per trip (based on provincial rates) for ambulance services provided elsewhere.
This includes not only local ambulance services to and from hospital but also long distance ambulance trips for which additional mileage charges are made.
There are no limits on the amount payable within Manitoba or on the number of trips covered.
All “emergency” ambulance trips are covered, and “non-emergency” trips are covered on the prior recommendation of an attending physician if the patient is non-ambulatory and cannot be transported by any means other than ambulance.
Air ambulance allowances will be paid up to the amount equivalent had the services been provided by ground ambulance.
Medical Transfer Service (“Medicar”)
Charges for “non-emergency” transport by a participating medical transfer service are covered up to a lifetime maximum of $250 per person.
Hospital Benefits
Full payment for the charge for a semi-private room in any Manitoba hospital if the hospital does not normally provide the semi-private room without charge to any patient. Comparable payments towards the cost of semi-private room charges by hospitals elsewhere in Canada.
Hostel Accommodation
If you or your eligible family member require diagnostic testing or treatment, on the recommendation of a physician, at a Manitoba hospital located more than 60 km from your home, and if you or your family member are in a recognized medical hostel associated with the hospital, Blue Cross will pay the reasonable and customary per diem charge for such hostel accommodation.
Ambulance/Hospital Exclusions
The following exclusions are specific to the ambulance/hospital plan. For General Exclusions that are applicable to all health benefits please refer to the Health Benefits Home Page.
If you or your dependent are hospitalized prior to your coverage becoming effective, you or your dependent (as the case may be) will not be entitled to benefits until the first of the month following 30 days after discharge from the hospital.
Manitoba Blue Cross is not responsible for the availability or provision of any of the services or supplies described herein.
Manitoba Blue Cross is not responsible for any semi-private/private hospital room charges which, in the absence of this or similar coverage, would not be charged to the subscriber.
