Apply for prior OHIP funding for gender confirming surgery without retyping patient and provider details

Physicians and nurse practitioners submitting prior approval for insured sex-reassignment (gender confirming) surgery repeat patient name, health number, assessor information, and facility details on every ministry application. This guide is an example of storing them once in hivi.

Official form and source

Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:

• Service page: Gender confirming surgery — ontario.ca
• Form (Central Forms Repository): Request for Prior Approval for Funding of Sex-Reassignment Surgery — 5041-77

What this form is about

Form 5041-77 is the Request for Prior Approval for Funding of Sex-Reassignment Surgery, completed by a health care provider on behalf of a patient seeking OHIP-insured gender confirming surgery before the procedure takes place — confirm assessment requirements on ontario.ca.

Before you start: what to gather

• Patient full legal name and Ontario health number.
• Referring physician or nurse practitioner name and contact.
• WPATH assessment letters and supporting clinical documentation — confirm on ontario.ca.
• Proposed procedure, facility, and service location (Ontario, another province, or out of country).

Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.

How hivi makes it faster

1. Save it once. Store your patient health number and referring provider contact details in your hivi profile.
2. Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to hivi Files so you are not searching at form time.
3. Autofill the form. Use the hivi Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside hivi.
4. Review and submit yourself through the official channel.

Why do it in hivi

Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in hivi — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.