Health System Improvements Act, 2006
- Proposing a new medical billing review process and review board for checking physicians' Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) billings, based on the recommendations of the Cory Report. This would include more professional education, payment review, a new review board, and an appeal process that would restore confidence in the system, while maintaining greater accountability to patients, doctors and the government.
- Enhancing regulatory colleges' complaints procedures by giving patients increased access to information, improved communications and streamlined processes.
- Establishing the first-ever Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion – a centre for public health excellence that will provide research, scientific and technical advice and support, modeled after the Centers for Disease Control.
- Enhancing services that optometrists and dental hygienists provide, and establishing new colleges to regulate four additional health professions – naturopathy, homeopathy, kinesiology and psychotherapy.
Resources:
Compendium : Health System Improvements Act, 2006 [PDF]
News Release : McGuinty Government Introduces Comprehensive Legislation to Strengthen Health System
- New Physician Billing Review Process to Promote Fairness, Accountability [PDF]
- Promoting Greater Patient Protection Through Amendments to The Regulated Health Professions Act [PDF]
- Improvements to Public Health – Enhancing Capacity to Handle Emergencies and Strengthening Infection Control [PDF]
- Four New Regulated Professions [PDF]
- Liability Protection for People Using Defibrillators [PDF]
- Proposed Interfacility Critical-Care Patient Transfer Service [PDF]
- Establishment of Small Drinking Water Systems Program [PDF]
Proposed Health System Improvements Bill [PDF]
Regulated Health Professions Act – Procedural Code
Regulation of Health Professions in Ontario : New Directions [PDF]