A FORUM on ONTARIO MEDICINE: business and professional Information from various contributors edited by Dr.Alex Franklin MBBS(Lond.)Dip.Phys.Med(UK) DPH & DIH(Tor.)LMC(C)FLex(USA).Fellow Med.Soc.London, Liveryman of London Society of Apothecaries. Freeman of City of London. Member Toronto Faculty club & Toronto Medico-Legal society.
4 Feb 2014
AIRD & BERLIS: "Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation ("CASL") will govern the delivery of CEMs (Commercial electronic message)
Potential individual fine $1,000,000
Awaiting OMA Legal Dept. advice.
"CASL comes into force on July 1, 2014"
DIRECT ACCESS TO SPECIALISTS in TORONTO
COMMENT: Socialist State insurance OHIP requires a referral from a GP to have a specialist OHIP-paid consultation. GPs' choice of Specialist may be influenced by working in a specific Hospital GP service or working in a clinic which includes specialists. They may not know the best specialist for the problem. Another danger is the front office computer programmed for a default "NON-URGENT": potentially fatal.
Upper-middle class Ontarians bypass the GP by visiting the Specialist PRIVATELY: telling the receptionist that they have a residence in the USA: very often true as many have condos in Florida. The Ont.Med.Assn tariff is double that of the State insurance.(State payment has fallen 50% during 40 years of Socialist Govt.control.)
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