What is the Manitoba Physician's Manual, and which edition is current?

What the manual is

• Manitoba Health publishes the manual on its website. The manual says its most current version is on Manitoba Health's website (page CLMST-1).
• The manual is part of the Physician Services Agreement negotiated with Doctors Manitoba. It covers payment for fee-for-service physicians (page CLMST-1).
• The Rules of Application apply across the tariffs. The General Practice section says: "These benefits cannot be correctly interpreted without reference to the Rules of Application." (page A-119)
• Most of this guide comes from four parts of the manual:
  1. The claims section (pages CLMST-1 to CLMST-7).
  2. The Rules of Application.
  3. The General Practice section, which starts on page A-119.
  4. The General Schedule.

The edition we checked

• Manitoba Physician's Manual, April 1, 2026 edition (with the October 1, 2026 update).
• The cover and the page footers say April 1, 2026. Manitoba Health's website calls it the manual updated October 1, 2026. Both dates refer to the same manual.
• Every fee in this guide comes from that manual, including the October 1, 2026 update. Each page shows the manual page and the manual date.
• When Manitoba Health publishes a new manual, we check every page again. A page not yet checked against the new manual says so at the top.

Manitoba only

• Every answer in this guide is for Manitoba, under the Manitoba Physician's Manual.
• Each province has its own fee schedule and its own rules. Do not use a Manitoba answer for a claim in another province.
• One question per page. Each page names the manual pages it uses and gives a sample visit. A page about a tariff gives its fee.
• A few pages also use Manitoba Health's or Doctors Manitoba's own web pages, and link to them.

Questions in this guide