Bill 11: Administrative Efficiency and Accountability in Healthcare Act

This bill most directly affects healthcare providers in Nova Scotia — doctors, specialists, and clinics — who bill for insured professional services. If you run a medical practice, the key change is that you may now be required or permitted to bill a patient's private or group insurance plan (like an employer benefits plan) for services that MSI covers, and you can charge that private insurer a higher rate than the MSI tariff. Importantly, you still cannot bill the patient directly out of pocket unless you've opted out of MSI billing. For medical facilities or research institutions that receive donated tissue or organs, new regulations will set out how you store, use, and report on donated materials — adding administrative and compliance obligations to those operations.