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Alberta audit suggests patients paying clinic membership fees get more thorough care
The province launched the audit in 2023 in response to concerns over a Calgary medical clinic switching to a membership model and planning to charge annual fees of about $5,000 for families and $2,000 for an adult.
How bad is your administrative burden? The CMA wants to know
The survey, which is being conducted in partnership with the CFIB, asks doctors how much time they’re spending on paperwork and how much the administrative burden is affecting their wellbeing and professional fulfillment.

CPSBC proposed bylaw changes to expand definition of anesthesiologist

The proposed bylaw changes would allow for physicians with non-Royal College certificates in anesthesiology to offer these services outside of hospitals and for elective surgery.
Some Ontario hospitals offering hefty incentives for locums amid doctor shortage

As a travelling physician in northern Ontario, Dr. Dannica Switzer is acutely aware of the healthcare crisis in underserved communities.
Tax judge sides with medical clinic over CRA, finding its fee-sharing with physicians not subject to GST/HST

A tax judge has ruled that a fee-sharing arrangement between a medical clinic and its physicians should not be considered a taxable service, overruling the CRA’s attempts to collect sales tax on the fees.
Doctors shouldn’t be allowed to object to medical care if it harms their patients

Freedom of conscience is often held up as a purely noble principle. But when it’s used to deny healthcare, it means a single person’s beliefs are dictating what is best for another person’s physical and mental health.
Manitoba reaches settlement with family of woman who died after halted medical flight

Elaine Mousseau alleged that cuts to healthcare and improper medical decisions contributed to her daughter’s death in May 2021.
20 time-saving tips

A bundle of efficiency tips by doctors—for doctors.
Study finds more women opted for long-acting IUDs after B.C. made birth control free

Researchers found prescriptions for all types of birth control jumped significantly after the province began covering the cost of contraception in April 2023, especially for IUDs.
Supreme Court allows lawsuit in labour-inducing drug case at New Brunswick hospital

The proposed class action lawsuit was launched in 2019 and alleges women at Moncton Hospital were given a labour-inducing drug without consent.

Alberta audit suggests patients paying clinic membership fees get more thorough care

How bad is your administrative burden? The CMA wants to know

CPSBC proposed bylaw changes to expand definition of anesthesiologist

Some Ontario hospitals offering hefty incentives for locums amid doctor shortage

Tax judge sides with medical clinic over CRA, finding its fee-sharing with physicians not subject to GST/HST

Doctors shouldn’t be allowed to object to medical care if it harms their patients

Manitoba reaches settlement with family of woman who died after halted medical flight

20 time-saving tips

Study finds more women opted for long-acting IUDs after B.C. made birth control free

Supreme Court allows lawsuit in labour-inducing drug case at New Brunswick hospital

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