Navigating AHCIP Good Faith Claims: A Guide for Alberta Physicians in 2024

The Alberta Government previously announced that physicians will be able to submit good faith claims for April 1, 2022 dates of service and on but that the submission process was being designed. The Alberta Government has now released a new bulletin (GEN 145) detailing how physicians can submit good faith claims. The Alberta Healthcare Insurance Plan (AHCIP) bulletin details both how physicians can submit good faith claims and the rules they must abide by when doing so.

Alberta patients who are “residents” of Alberta for the purposes of registration and coverage under AHCIP but cannot provide proof of residency or registration with AHCIP because they lack the usual identification (driver’s license, proof of fixed address, etc.).