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RSS FeedsDoctors propose plan to reveal top OHIP billers
(The Star Theatre)

 
 

15 august 2017 12:58:51

 
Doctors propose plan to reveal top OHIP billers
(The Star Theatre)
 


Ontario patients may soon learn how much some of the province’s highest billing doctors receive in taxpayer-funded OHIP payments.If the Ontario Medical Association follows through on a proposal from some of its members, it would assist in publicly releasing the names of some top-billers, a move that would mark a dramatic reversal in its position that such disclosure would be a violation of personal privacy.Doctors have been discussing the plan for more than a week on a social media site, the Star has learned. Proponents say they are likely to lose a two-plus year court battle against the Star and the Ontario privacy commissioner to keep the names secret. They say they could “minimize the damage” by abruptly ending their legal fight and publicly releasing the names themselves.Read more: What doctors are saying about the proposal to name some top OHIP billersUnder the scheme, doctors would pre-emptively leak the names not to the Star, but to another news media outlet in a bid to obtain more favourable coverage than the proponents believe they might receive from the Star.“Definitely open to the idea. Better for us to control the message,” OMA president Dr. Shawn Whatley wrote Aug. 5 on the Ontario Doctors Discussion Forum, a Facebook group with more than 10,400 members.“We are discussing it this week,” he wrote in response to a request for the OMA get involved in the scheme. But when the Star subsequently asked Whatley for an on-the-record comment about the strategy, his public relations office released a statement, indicating the organization is not acting on it:“The matter regarding physician billings disclosure is still before the courts. We are pursuing leave to appeal. We continue to update members on court proceedings; any further strategy would need to go through a consultation with our members. The OMA is not actively consulting with our membership regarding the release of their billings prior to a cou ...


 
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