The tentative deal would scrap performance-related penalties and a colour-coded system to assess patients’ vulnerability, and would provide an additional $435 million in the compensation package for family doctors.
The study, published in JAMA Network Open, suggests that pantoprazole prophylaxis in invasively ventilated patients offers both clinical benefits and economic value for the healthcare system.
Shelley Spence says in a series of health-related audits released Dec. 2 as part of her annual report that the Ministry of Health’s system that doctors use to bill OHIP for services provided to patients has limited ability to flag high-risk billings.
Pay disparities related to gender, race and immigration status persist among Canadian doctors and are tied to physician responses to patient expectations.
The bill, which was fast-tracked through Quebec's legislature and adopted early Saturday morning, prohibits doctors from using pressure tactics that could interfere with access to care.
