Calgary clinic ending house calls to senior patients after billing changes [Video]

Changes by the province to physician billing codes are forcing a clinic to end home visits with senior patients.

The Redel Clinic has offices in Edmonton and Calgary, sending physicians who specialize in geriatric care into seniors independent living homes to see patients.

“It was a system that for the past decade was feasible,” said Dr. Tanner Redel.

“But with recent changes, it’s no longer really operable.”

Redel says in April 2023, the billing code saw a 10 per cent cut, followed by another 10 per cent cut last month, with a third reduction expected in the coming months.

Shirley Bremault lives in a seniors home near Fish Creek Park and is a patient of the clinic.

She says she doesn’t know where she will get care after August.

“So many people have mobility issues, they don’t drive, some have cognitive issues. The service of a doctor coming and tending to their needs on site is so important that …