Since the program was introduced, 7,000 physicians have billed OHIP for a total of 400,000 services. The program cost the province $15 million over three years.
Zacharias was in Ottawa Friday as part of a provincial tour when she learned the province had discontinued the program as of March 31, despite pleas from the OMA and numerous health organizations and individuals to continue it. That day, hundreds of people blocked traffic around the ministry of health in Toronto protesting the decision to end the program.Article content
Meanwhile, Zacharias, an Orillia emergency physician who is nearing the end of her one-year term as president of the OMA, said she has also been hearing from physicians who are dealing with burnout, in part related to the heavy administrative burden doctors now face. On average, she said, doctors spend an entire day a week filling out forms. She said she spoke with a surgeon who decided to take early retirement largely because of burnout related to being buried in paperwork.
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