Treatment under an RCMP or Canadian Forces authorization
What RCMP / Canadian Forces pays for, how long you have, and what to bring to the first visit — with the clinics that bill it directly, where we hold enough of them to compare.
as long as your authorization runsTreatment window
Your Blue Cross card and an authorization number.What you need to start
How an RCMP or Canadian Forces authorization gets you treated
Get treatment authorized
Through your base or detachment health services. The authorization names the therapy and the visit count.
Book somewhere that direct-bills
Fewer clinics are set up for this than for extended health, which is why this list is short and specific.
The clinic invoices Blue Cross
You show the card and the authorization. Nothing changes hands at the desk.
What RCMP / Canadian Forces covers
Authorized per treatment type by your health services provider.
- Physiotherapy
- as authorized
- Chiropractic
- as authorized
- Massage therapy
- as authorized
- Acupuncture
- as authorized
- Counselling
- as authorized
- Kinesiology
- as authorized
- Occupational therapy
- as authorized
- Podiatry
- as authorized
- Naturopathic medicine
- not covered
- Dietetics
- as authorized
- Osteopathy
- not covered
- Speech therapy
- as authorized
Where you can compare RCMP / Canadian Forces clinics
These are the cities where we hold enough clinics billing this claim to be worth comparing. The funder works everywhere in the province; our index does not yet.
- VictoriaMassage therapy8 clinicsPhysiotherapy5 clinicsAcupuncture3 clinicsKinesiology3 clinics
- SurreyMassage therapy7 clinicsPhysiotherapy3 clinics
- KelownaMassage therapy5 clinics
- OttawaMassage therapy5 clinics
- ChilliwackMassage therapy4 clinics
- CourtenayMassage therapy4 clinics
- AbbotsfordMassage therapy3 clinics
- ComoxPhysiotherapy3 clinics
- CoquitlamPhysiotherapy3 clinics
- LangleyMassage therapy3 clinics
- VancouverMassage therapy3 clinics
RCMP / Canadian Forces claims: what to know
For serving members the coverage question is settled; the availability question is not. Only a minority of clinics are set up to direct-bill Blue Cross under the member plans, and shift patterns mean the slots that matter are early mornings and late evenings.
This page filters to the clinics that said they do both, and orders them by how soon they can actually see you rather than by rating.