The ODSP Fee Guide is not a public clinical fee guide like OHIP’s schedule. Instead, it’s an internal document used by the Ontario Disability Support Program to reimburse healthcare professionals (e.g., dentists, chiropractors, psychologists, optometrists, and medical specialists) for assessments, reports, and treatments required for ODSP applicants and recipients. It sets maximum allowable fees for specific services, often tied to disability adjudication (e.g., “Disability Determination Package” completion).

The guide excludes many necessary interventions (e.g., long-term psychotherapy, orthotics, advanced dental work). Patients are left waiting for “extraordinary expense” requests, which are slow and inconsistently approved.

The ODSP Fee Guide is a necessary administrative tool, but it’s . Without significant fee increases, streamlined billing, and expanded coverage, it will continue to fail both healthcare providers and the disabled Ontarians it’s meant to serve.

This category is broad and requires navigation of specific maximum allowances.

ODSP covers routine eye examinations and eyewear for eligible adults (children are generally covered under OHIP).