AISH and Alberta Works coverage
AISH health benefits can fund physiotherapy, chiropractic, massage therapy and acupuncture as health-related personal benefits.
AISH and Alberta Works Coverage for Physiotherapy
Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped includes a health benefits card alongside the monthly living allowance. Alongside prescription drugs, dental and optical coverage, AISH provides health-related personal benefits that can fund services including acupuncture, chiropractic, massage therapy and physiotherapy.
AISH and Alberta Works coverage may help eligible recipients access certain health-related services. Coverage extends to the recipient and, in most cases, to a spouse or partner and dependent children. The health benefits card is valid within Alberta.
Because these are personal benefits rather than an automatic entitlement, funding is generally approved in advance rather than simply billed. If you receive AISH and want treatment here, the first step is a conversation with your AISH caseworker about a health-related personal benefit for the service you need.
Physiotherapy Coverage Through AISH and Alberta Works
1. Speak to your caseworker
Ask about a health-related personal benefit for physiotherapy, chiropractic, massage or acupuncture, and what documentation they need.
2. Tell us what is needed
We can provide an assessment, treatment plan or letter setting out what is recommended and why, in the form your caseworker asks for.
3. Start treatment
Once the benefit is approved we bill according to the approval so you are not out of pocket.
AISH and Alberta Works Questions
Massage therapy is named among the services that AISH health-related personal benefits can fund, alongside acupuncture, chiropractic and physiotherapy. Approval is on an individual basis through your caseworker.
It is much better to have it. Because these are personal benefits assessed individually rather than a standing entitlement, arranging approval first avoids you being left with a bill.
Yes. We can provide an assessment and a treatment plan setting out what is recommended, how many visits and why. Tell us what format your caseworker needs.
Alberta Works has its own health benefit provisions and they differ from AISH. Speak to your worker about what health benefits your file includes, and we can support the request with documentation.
Not in the same way. Prescription, dental and optical benefits work directly, whereas therapy services generally run through the personal benefits approval process first.
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