For referring clinicians
Referring a patient to Monarch Health
Monarch Health provides proactive assessment, care coordination and support at home as uninsured services alongside a patient's existing publicly funded care. We do not take over primary care, and we do not create a parallel route to insured services.
What we can take on
Proactive assessment beyond MSP scope
Comprehensive assessment, functional measurement and structured prevention planning for patients who want more depth than insured care provides.
Care coordination for complex patients
Where several providers are involved and coordination is consuming your time and the family's, we can hold that thread.
Support at home
Nursing care, personal care and home safety work for patients whose situation makes staying at home the priority.
Functional review over time
Repeat measurement of strength, balance, gait and day-to-day function, reported back to you.
The boundaries, stated plainly
- We do not replace the referring physician or assume primary care responsibility unless that is separately arranged.
- We cannot expedite MSP-covered investigations, diagnostics or specialist referrals, and we will not present ourselves as able to.
- Membership is never a precondition for a patient receiving insured physician services.
- Where a patient is eligible for publicly funded home and community care, we help them access it rather than substituting for it.
Monarch Health’s memberships and private programs cover uninsured services only. Services that are covered by the BC Medical Services Plan (MSP) continue to be billed to MSP. You will receive a written record of what your membership includes before any services begin.
This program does not guarantee access to or replace a General Practitioner, Family Physician, or any Medical Service Plan (MSP) insured primary care services. It also does not provide expedited access to MSP-covered laboratory tests, diagnostic investigations, or specialist referrals.