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CRP

Community Rehabilitation Program

Capilano Rehab is an authorized provider of ambulatory physical therapy services through the Community Rehab Program (CRP).

The Alberta Health Services (AHS) Community Rehabilitation Program (CRP) provides limited coverage for physical therapy services for patients in Alberta.

Some important features of the CRP program

  • No medical referral necessary
  • Limited treatment visits
  • A wait to access your first assessment (unless post-surgical)
  • Approval based on a Determination Of Needs (DON)
  • Only available to Alberta residents with a valid Alberta Personal Health Care Number (PHN)
  • Not available for those seeking specialized services such as WCB, IMS, Acupuncture, Spinal Decompression, Orthotics, Magnetic BioStimulation or Radial Shockwave

Who Qualifies?

To find out if your physical therapy services will be funded by Alberta Health Services, call Capilano and request a physical therapy appointment for a CRP assessment.

A physical therapist will assess the impact your injury or condition has on your daily activities, and the benefit your are likely to get from therapy, to determine whether you qualify for CRP funded treatments. If you don’t qualify based on your assessment, you may want to look into your other options. CRP physical therapy assessments are available to all Albertans with a valid Alberta Personal Health Number.

Please be advised that after your assessment you may need to wait for your funded treatments to begin, because Alberta Health Services has a quota systeme on the number of clients it will fund monthly.

What Does the Community Rehabilitation Program Cover?

If you qualify, AHS will cover

  • two treatments for regular clients per year (April 1-March 31)
  • six treatments for low-income clients per year (April 1-March 31)
  • six treatments for designated orthopedic/surgical clients per year (April 1-March 31)

If you need more than the alloted treatments, the extra visits may be covered by other health benefits or you may pay privately. If you have no other coverage, you can ask your physical therapist to apply to CRP for a review of your case to see if more treatments can be covered.

If additional treatments are not approved, you will be responsible to cover their cost.

What Are My Other Options?

If you don’t want to wait for a CRP assessment, or you don ‘t qualify, you may choose to see a physical therapist privately, or you may have coverage through other health benefits or insurance.

If you were hurt on the job, the Workers ‘ Compensation Board may pay for your treatment. If you were injured in a motor vehicle collision, insurance might cover it. You can also choose to pay privately.

Discuss these options with Capilano’s administrative staff and your physical therapist. You are responsible for the cost of physical therapy services unless arrangements with an alternate funder have been made.

While Capilano enjoys helping doctor’s help their patients, you do not need a doctor’s referral to see a physical therapist.

What About Fractures and Surgeries?

Whether your physician has just taken off your ankle cast and told you to get moving, your specialist has given you the go ahead to start exercise after your ACL repair, or the nurse at the Total Knee Clinic has told you to start physiotherapy, Capilano’s physiotherapists are here for you.

Some features of our fracture (broken bone) and post-surgery physiotherapy are:

  • No medical referral necessary
  • No wait to access our physiotherapy services for fractures or surgeries
  • Access to state-of-the-art Biodex Passive Motion and Balance systems

Your assessment and a limited number of treatments are covered by Alberta Health Services Community Rehabilitation Program (CRP). You are eligible for one assessment and 6 treatments. Once these treatments are completed, your private benefits are to be exhausted before any further access to CRP funding can be made. If no private benefits are available, your Capilano therapist can request further treatment through the CRP program.

You must access the services within 6 weeks of your fracture/surgery or 2 weeks of the removal of the cast/sling. In certain circumstances, such as a late referral from your physician or specialist due to slow fracture healing or complications, you may still qualify for access to CRP funding.

Capilano has state-of-the-art rehab equipment to help you with your discovery. Discover the Biodex Advantage with Capilano’s Isokinetic and Balance Therapy systems.

Whatever your situation, Capilano wants you to know that there is no wait for these services and we request that you inform our reception staff that you have sustained a fracture or undergone bone and joint surgery while making your appointment. Most but not all surgeries qualify for funding therefore it is important to confirm with your physiotherapist and Capilano admin staff following your initial assessment.