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.
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.
Under the new law, a portion of doctors’ compensation will now be linked to performance targets relating to the number of patients, particularly vulnerable ones, they care for.
