Saskatchewan Health Minister Dustin Duncan this week introduced The Patient Choice Medical Imaging Act, which will give Saskatchewan residents the option to privately pay for a CT scan.
This follows the launch of private-pay MRI services in February.
“With the introduction of this legislation, patients will soon have more choice in how they receive diagnostics, while at the same time increasing public capacity and reducing wait times to CT services,” Duncan said.
Following passage of the Act and the establishment of regulations, private-pay CT services will be offered in the same way as private-pay MRI services.
Licensed facilities that conduct a privately paid CT scan will be required to provide a second scan of similar complexity to an individual on the public wait list, at no cost to that individual or the health system.
A physician referral will still be required to obtain a CT scan.
