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    This briefing document from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care provides information on physician payments and billing in Ontario. It shows that while average physician incomes have increased, the highest billing physicians make vastly more. The top 500 physicians billed over $677 million, accounting for around 10% of all billing despite being less than 2% of physicians. This overspending could fund home care, nurses and other priorities. The ministry is calling on the Ontario Medical Association to update the physician payment system to ensure budgets are distributed fairly and predictably.

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    This briefing document from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care provides information on physician payments and billing in Ontario. It shows that while average physician incomes have increased, the highest billing physicians make vastly more. The top 500 physicians billed over $677 million, accounting for around 10% of all billing despite being less than 2% of physicians. This overspending could fund home care, nurses and other priorities. The ministry is calling on the Ontario Medical Association to update the physician payment system to ensure budgets are distributed fairly and predictably.

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    This briefing document from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care provides information on physician payments and billing in Ontario. It shows that while average physician incomes have increased, the highest billing physicians make vastly more. The top 500 physicians billed over $677 million, accounting for around 10% of all billing despite being less than 2% of physicians. This overspending could fund home care, nurses and other priorities. The ministry is calling on the Ontario Medical Association to update the physician payment system to ensure budgets are distributed fairly and predictably.

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    This briefing document from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care provides information on physician payments and billing in Ontario. It shows that while average physician incomes have increased, the highest billing physicians make vastly more. The top 500 physicians billed over $677 million, accounting for around 10% of all billing despite being less than 2% of physicians. This overspending could fund home care, nurses and other priorities. The ministry is calling on the Ontario Medical Association to update the physician payment system to ensure budgets are distributed fairly and predictably.

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    MOHLTC

    BRIEFING ON PHYSICIAN SERVICES


    APRIL 22, 2016

    AVERAGE ANNUAL PAYMENT


    PER PHYSICIAN
    $400,000

    $368,000

    $336,000
    $277,000

    $300,000

    $250,000

    $200,000

    CANADA

    ONTARIO

    2006-2007
    Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

    CANADA

    ONTARIO

    2013-2014

    AVERAGE GROSS CLINICAL PAYMENT


    PER PHYSICIAN BY PROVINCE
    2013-2014

    $400,000

    #1

    $263,294

    $277,403

    $305,580

    $330,728

    $356,766

    $354,492

    $279,645

    $100,000

    $275,937

    $200,000

    $367,722

    $300,000

    ON

    NL

    NS

    NB

    QC

    MB

    SK

    AB

    BC

    *Data for PEI and Territories is unavailable.


    Source: Canadian Institute for Health Information

    ONTARIO PHYSICIANS RECEIVE


    GENEROUS GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
    TO HELP WITH OVERHEAD COSTS
    ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS:

    Subsidies to cover overhead expenses

    Medical liability protection insurance

    Allied health labour

    Coverage/retention

    Health benefits

    Pregnancy/parental leave

    ADDITIONAL
    BENEFITS INCORPORATION:
    By allowing physicians to incorporate,
    we have given them access to lower
    tax rates and other benefits.

    ADDITIONAL AVERAGE INCOME OF


    $56,000 FOR GPs

    NEARLY 17,000 ONTARIO PHYSICIANS


    HAVE CHOSEN TO INCORPORATE
    - 63% OF ALL DOCTORS
    THIS NUMBER HAS BEEN GROWING
    AT 10% PER YEAR
    Source: College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

    ONE ONTARIO DOCTOR


    BILLED OHIP

    $6,631,115

    LAST YEAR IN ONTARIO, 500 DOCTORS


    BILLED OHIP MORE THAN $1 MILLION
    154

    DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY

    85

    OPHTHALMOLOGY

    57

    CARDIOLOGY

    42

    INTERNAL MEDICINE

    25

    ADDICTIONS/METHADONE
    PAIN/NERVE BLOCKS

    17

    OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

    15

    GASTROENTEROLOGY

    14
    13

    GENERAL SURGERY

    10

    ANAESTHESIA

    68

    OTHER

    20

    40

    60

    80

    100

    Number of Physicians

    120

    140

    160

    TOP 5 BILLING DOCTORS IN ONTARIO

    $6,631,115

    $6,000,000

    $5,232,740

    $5,108,884

    $4,000,000

    $3,840,637

    $3,821,125

    Anaesthesiologist

    Diagnostic
    Radiologist

    $2,000,000

    Ophthalmologist

    Ophthalmologist

    Diagnostic
    Radiologist

    HIGHEST BILLERS COMPARED TO


    AVERAGE PHYSICIAN INCOME
    TOP OPHTHALMOLOGIST BILLED

    $6,631,114

    TOP DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGIST BILLED

    $5,108,884

    TOP ANAESTHESIOLOGIST BILLED

    $3,840,637

    AVERAGE PHYSICIAN INCOME

    $368,000

    [According to the most recent report on physician income by Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)]

    TOP OPHTHALMOLOGIST BILLED

    $6,631,114
    COMPARED TO
    AVERAGE OPHTHALMOLOGIST BILLED

    $637,469
    AVERAGE PHYSICIAN INCOME

    $368,000

    [According to the most recent report on physician income by Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)]

    TOP DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGIST BILLED

    $5,108,884
    COMPARED TO
    AVERAGE DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGIST BILLED

    $623,967
    AVERAGE PHYSICIAN INCOME

    $368,000

    [According to the most recent report on physician income by Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)]

    TOP ANAESTHESIOLOGIST BILLED

    $3,840,637
    COMPARED TO
    AVERAGE ANAESTHESIOLOGIST BILLED

    $363,869
    AVERAGE PHYSICIAN INCOME

    $368,000

    [According to the most recent report on physician income by Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)]

    ONTARIOS 500 HIGHEST BILLING


    PHYSICIANS BILLED OHIP
    $677,051,885

    LESS THAN 2%
    OF PHYSICIANS

    ACCOUNT FOR
    ~10% OF BILLINGS
    ~10%

    WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?


    WE HAVE A PLAN TO INVEST IN THE PRIORITIES
    OF PATIENTS:
    FASTER ACCESS TO CARE TODAY
    WAIT TIMES ARE IMPROVING
    94 PER CENT OF ONTARIANS HAVE A FAMILY
    DOCTOR OR NURSE PRACTITIONER
    A SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM THAT WILL BE THERE FOR
    PATIENTS IN THE FUTURE
    WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS BUILDING,
    RENEWING AND IMPROVING APPROXIMATELY
    35 MAJOR HOSPITAL PROJECTS
    WE ARE INVESTING $750 MILLION MORE
    IN HOME CARE

    OVERSPENDING ON THE HIGHEST


    BILLING DOCTORS MEANS WE MAY
    HAVE TO REDUCE SPENDING ON:
    X HOME CARE
    X MENTAL HEALTH
    X NURSES
    X HOSPITALS
    X OTHER PRIORITIES

    IN THE LAST 4 YEARS, OUTDATED


    BILLING PRACTICES MEAN
    PHYSICIANS BILLED NEARLY
    $750 MILLION OVER BUDGET.
    THIS COULD COVER:

    59,625

    CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENTS

    2,900

    REGISTERED NURSES

    5 MILLION

    HOURS OF IN-HOME PERSONAL SUPPORT AND HOMEMAKING SERVICE


    APPROXIMATELY

    2 MILLION
    NURSING VISITS
    AND MORE

    ITS TIME FOR THE OMA TO


    WORK WITH US TO:

    ENSURE THAT THE PHYSICIAN SERVICES


    BUDGET IS DISTRIBUTED FAIRLY AMONG
    HARDWORKING DOCTORS

    UPDATE THE SCHEDULE OF BENEFITS SO


    TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING THE RIGHT AMOUNT
    FOR SERVICES NOT TOO LITTLE, NOT TOO MUCH

    DETERMINE A FAIR AND PREDICTABLE BUDGET


    FOR HOW MUCH WE PAY DOCTORS EACH YEAR

    WE ARE CONTINUING
    TO INVEST IN HEALTH CARE
    COMMUNITY CARE:
    2006-2007 Actual: $2,993.8M
    COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH:
    2006-2007 Actual: $593.5M
    HOSPITALS:
    2006-2007 Actual: $13,091M

    2016-2017 Plan: $5,433.8M

    2016-2017 Plan: $907.0M

    2016-2017 Plan: $16,995.2M

    Hospitals
    +30% since 2006

    Community Mental Health


    +53% since 2006

    Community Care
    +82% since 2006

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