G.R. 1.2 "holidays" or "statutory holidays" means New Year's Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Alberta Heritage Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
The table below is designed to help clarify your holiday billings for 2017. Please note that after-hours time premium (03.01AA) and surcharge modifiers only apply to services that are provided in a regional facility i.e. hospital, auxiliary hospital, active treatment centre, nursing home, AACC/UCC and not in a physician’s private office.
Date | Holiday | Surcharge modifier | 03.01AA modifier |
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Sunday, January 1, 2017 | New Year's Day | NTAM (0000-0700 hours) | TNTA (0000-0700) |
WK (0700-2200 hours) | TST (0700-2200) | ||
NTPM (2200-2400 hours) | TNTP (2200-2400) | ||
Monday, January 2, 2017 | Designated Holiday for New Year's Day | NTAM (0000-0700 hours) | TNTA (0000-0700) |
WK (0700-2200 hours) | TDES (0700-2200) | ||
NTPM (2200-2400 hours) | TNTP (2200-2400) | ||
Monday, February 20, 2017 | Family Day | NTAM (0000-0700 hours) | TNTA (0000-0700) |
WK (0700-2200 hours) | TST (0700-2200) | ||
NTPM (2200-2400 hours) | TNTP (2200-2400) | ||
Friday, April 14, 2017 | Good Friday | NTAM (0000-0700 hours) | TNTA (0000-0700) |
WK (0700-2200 hours) | TST (0700-2200) | ||
NTPM (2200-2400 hours) | TNTP (2200-2400) | ||
Monday, May 22, 2017 | Victoria Day | NTAM (0000-0700 hours) | TNTA (0000-0700) |
WK (0700-2200 hours) | TST (0700-2200) | ||
NTPM (2200-2400 hours) | TNTP (2200-2400) | ||
Saturday, July 1, 2017 | Canada Day | NTAM (0000-0700 hours) | TNTA (0000-0700) |
WK (0700-2200 hours) | TST (0700-2200) | ||
NTPM (2200-2400 hours) | TNTP (2200-2400) | ||
Monday, July 3, 2017 | Designated Holiday for Canada Day | NTAM (0000-0700 hours) | TNTA (0000-0700) |
WK (0700-2200 hours) | TDES (0700-2200) | ||
NTPM (2200-2400 hours) | TNTP (2200-2400) | ||
Monday, August 7, 2017 | Alberta Heritage Day | NTAM (0000-0700 hours) | TNTA (0000-0700) |
WK (0700-2200 hours) | TST (0700-2200) | ||
NTPM (2200-2400 hours) | TNTP (2200-2400) | ||
Monday, September 4, 2017 | Labour Day | NTAM (0000-0700 hours) | TNTA (0000-0700) |
WK (0700-2200 hours) | TST (0700-2200) | ||
NTPM (2200-2400 hours) | TNTP (2200-2400) | ||
Monday, October 9, 2017 | Thanksgiving Day | NTAM (0000-0700 hours) | TNTA (0000-0700) |
WK (0700-2200 hours) | TST (0700-2200) | ||
NTPM (2200-2400 hours) | TNTP (2200-2400) | ||
Saturday, November 11, 2017 | Remembrance Day | NTAM (0000-0700 hours) | TNTA (0000-0700) |
WK (0700-2200 hours) | TST (0700-2200) | ||
NTPM (2200-2400 hours) | TNTP (2200-2400) | ||
Monday, November 13, 2017 | Designated Holiday for Remembrance Day | NTAM (0000-0700 hours) | TNTA (0000-0700) |
WK (0700-2200 hours) | TDES (0700-2200) | ||
NTPM (2200-2400 hours) | TNTP (2200-2400) | ||
Monday, December 25, 2017 | Christmas Day | NTAM (0000-0700 hours) | TNTA (0000-0700) |
WK (0700-2200 hours) | TST (0700-2200) | ||
NTPM (2200-2400 hours) | TNTP (2200-2400) | ||
Tuesday, December 26, 2017 | Boxing Day | NTAM (0000-0700 hours) | TNTA (0000-0700) |
WK (0700-2200 hours) | TST (0700-2200) | ||
NTPM (2200-2400 hours) | TNTP (2200-2400) |
Callback codes for holidays
These callback codes are selected as they are relevant to statutory and designated holidays. For a complete list of callback codes please consult the Schedule of Medical Benefits.
Reminder: The physician must be located outside of the facility property at the time of the call in order to claim a callback. These callbacks are also billed in addition to a visit code (03.02A, 03.03A, 03.03B, 03.04A, 03.03EA as appropriate).
Callbacks for hospital emergency/outpatient department, AACC, UCC, auxiliary hospital or nursing home should be submitted as:
Callbacks for hospital inpatients should be submitted as:
Surcharge Information
The AMA would like to remind physicians that in order to claim for surcharges you must meet all of the following criteria:
03.01AA Information
If a service crosses multiple time periods, use more than one modifier on the claim (e.g., service start time 2115 hours, end-time 2245 hours, the claim submitted would be: 03.01AA modifier one TEV03; modifier two TNTP03).
If a service crosses dates, split the claim for 03.01AA into two claims with two separate dates of service (e.g., start-time day one 2300 hours, end-time day two 0015 hours, the claim for 03.01AA would be: day one 03.01AA TNTP04; day two 03.01AA TNTA01).
Please do not forget that the total time premiums claimed cannot exceed the total time spent managing patient care and no more than four (4) units per hour.
If you spent a total of eight (8) hours providing patient care, you have only eight hours total of time premium (32 units total) that you can submit. You may not submit claims for more than four (4) time units per hour.
Many physicians are unaware that there are maximums for this health service code. The maximums allowable per day, per time period for the total time spent are as follows:
This means that if the total time spent managing patient care for 15 patients required three (3) hours of time, you could submit 12 units of 03.01AA. You may submit only claims for 03.01AA for the total time spent managing patient care and not the total number of patients that were seen. You must have physically seen the patient on the same date in order to submit claims for 03.01AA.
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