New Brunswick Medicare

Description:

New Brunswick Medicare pays for insured practitioner services that are medically necessary in a hospital setting.

Region of Administration:

Provincial

Government / Department:

New Brunswick Health

Eligibility:

Insured surgical-dental services are prescribed under the Medical Services Payment Act.

Coverage:

Pays for certain specified surgical dental procedures provided by a dentist when the service is medically required and rendered in an approved hospital (various oral and maxillofacial procedures). Extractions and dental work are not insured services even when performed in a hospital. However, anesthesia for dental procedures may be covered in specific circumstances.)

Providers:

Dentists

Therapeutic Responsibility: