Ontario\u0027s doctors have reached a deal with the province over how much addictions physicians will be paid for virtual care.
Details of the deal were not available but an internal email from the Ontario Medical Association — which represents the province’ doctors — to addictions physicians said the agreement would resolve concerns that a drastic cut in funding for virtual care could leave patients without access to treatment.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Addictions doctors said the agreement would cut a $15 virtual care premium paid to doctors per virtual visit. “The OMA has repeatedly advised the ministry that proceeding with implementation as scheduled, without addressing these unintended consequences, would adversely affect access to equitable health care and the well-being of several vulnerable cohorts of Ontarians,” association board chair Dr. Cathy Faulds wrote in an email on Sept. 7 to members.Article content
“Programs and providers clearly cannot sustain a 17% loss of funding, let alone an 80% loss of funding,” Cavacuiti wrote. The issues raised by the addictions doctors came as the province works to change how and what doctors can bill for in virtual care. Some of those changes include lowering payments to doctors for virtual appointments and incentivizing in-person rules around linking patients with a doctor.
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