Telemedicine visits must be conducted through either an audio or video call to be eligible for OHIP coverage.

Consultations completed via text-only will not be billed to the province. These consultations will only be paid the Maple top-up rate.

Billing OHIP requires a telemedicine visit to be conducted through either an audio or video call. A text-only option has been made available, but since it will not be OHIP-compliant, the visit will not be billed to the province, and providers will only receive the Maple top-up rates.

For more information on OHIP-covered GP visits and top-up rates, please refer to our Maple+ and OHIP-covered visits article, available here.