Sudbury doctors lead WSIB charge

Spurred on by concerns raised by Sudbury doctors, the NDP on Thursday called for the province to investigate what it calls the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board's interference with the medical care of injured workers.......

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http://www.thesudburystar.com/2015/11/06/sudbury-doctors-lead-wsib-charge

SOMEONE SHOULD INVESTIGATE THE DOCTORS AT SERVICE CANADA IN CHATHAM ONTARIO

Doctor suing WSIB and former employer over fraud claims

(Canadian OH&S News) — A Hamilton, Ont. doctor has filed a lawsuit against the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) and her former employer, Workplace Health & Cost Solutions (WHCS) in Vaughan, for wrongful dismissal from the latter — claiming that the former tried to force her to change her medical opinion about an injured worker, before pressuring the latter to fire her....

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http://www.ohscanada.com/health-safety/doctor-suing-wsib-and-former-employer-over-fraud-claims-2/1003348446/

MDs legal insurer should be made accountable

the Canadian Medical Protective Association, which has $3.2 billion in funds heavily subsidized by the province through Ontario doctors, should be subject to regular audits by the Auditor General and be required to make public how much it pays out to injured patients and how much it is spending on legal costs to defend doctors..........


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http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/10/01/mds-legal-insurer-should-be-made-accountable.html

OHIP subsidizes 81% of the CMPA fees

last year taxpayers paid almost $200 million to subsidize the legal defences of doctors sued civilly or involved in regulatory claims. This figure is projected to keep rising.

Some suggest that given this taxpayer funding there should be accountability and transparency on how the CMPA spends its money.

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http://otlablog.com/reducing-taxpayers-dollars-means-the-cmpa-taking-a-different-litigation-approach/

College of physicians and surgeons shares information with police about MDs' alleged criminal acts

For the first time, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has started forwarding decisions of its disciplinary committee to police when potential criminal acts by doctors ......

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http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-forwarding-discipline-decisions-to-police