In February, the OMA and the Ministry of Health announced a tentative new Physician Services Agreement that covers the three years from April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024. There were a number of important aspects to the agreement, including …
Newly certified doctors are very busy this time of year getting their new practices organized. We thought we’d help lighten the load by explaining the options for handling your medical billing. Between registering with the CPSO, applying for billing numbers, setting …
OHIP billing numbers, also known as provider numbers, are 6 digit numbers that identify physicians in Ontario for OHIP billing purposes. If you’re a recent graduate about to get started in practice, you can work without a billing number… but …
Each OHIP claim has a number of required elements. The OHIP fee schedule code and patient demographics are basic requirements across the board. Depending on the medical service provided additional information such as the diagnosis, admit date, and hospital master …
With the current climate of MOH clawbacks and healthcare cuts, Ontario’s Phyicians know that every claim counts. If ever there was a time to take a closer look at where you might be losing out on OHIP income, it’s now.
Now that your medicine professional corporation is operating you must understand when certain tax filings are due. If you don’t, you may incur unnecessary non-deductible interest and penalties. When you were self-employed, you only had to worry about paying your …
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas! Think that’s a tight deadline? Well … think again! The MOHLTC gives us all an early gift around this time of year. The usual deadline to submit claims for payment is …
Many physicians working in a hospital setting have heard of admission and MRP premiums but they don’t always apply the premiums when appropriate. Below, we look at the E082 MRP (most responsible physician) admission premium and the E083 MRP premium …
As we’ve mentioned before, 3 character OHIP rejection codes come up on error reports, while 2 character codes are found on the Remittance Advice payment report that comes from the Ministry of Health monthly. Rejection codes often have counterparts for …
We’ve all seen OHIP rejection codes on the remittance advice summary sent monthly by the Ministry of Health, but many physicians aren’t sure what they mean, or what to do about rejected codes.