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In May, Health PEI published draft operational guidelines showing the agency planned on instituting a key performance indicator of 24 patients per day for family doctors, based on an average appointment time of 15 minutes.

Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence that included 3 years of supervised release to 55-year-old Dr. Mark Chavez in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles.

The ruling found that while Dr. Ma technically failed to comply with specific OHIP billing rules, it was unreasonable to ignore the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 public health crisis.

In its submission to the B.C. government ahead of the 2026 provincial budget, the Consultant Specialists of BC are calling for the creation of a province-wide waitlist database and new tools for specialists to manage waitlists.

Brenda Locke says the shortage of family doctors has hit Surrey especially hard and it is moving to provide solutions to open the clinics by 2026.

Dr. Faez Faruqi had admitted to issuing payments of US$3,000 to four separate donors—three of whom were his own staff members while the fourth was a friend of his.

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.

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