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The Ministry of Health (ministry) is requesting all Integrated Community Health Services Centres (ICHSCs) ensure their patients are aware that: The Ministry recommends the following wording be clearly visible and included on any requisition forms that ICHSCs develop and distribute to patients for their awareness: “This requisition form can be taken to any licensed facility providing health […]

Chiropractic requisitions for radiography services can be accepted at community surgical and diagnostic centres licenced under the Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act (ICHSCA). Licensed centres can bill the Ministry of Health the applicable facility cost prescribed in the Schedule of Facility Costs. Read more here.

To address the current workforce shortages and identify feasible solutions, including new career pathways in medical imaging and radiation therapy, the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT), the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT), and the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT) hosted the Consensus Committee on the Future of Medical Imaging

As of January 1, 2025, O.Reg 329/04 is effective and was amended to include accredited community pharmacies and Integrated Community Health Service Centres (ICHSCs). This amendment will require operators of  ICHSCs to comply and contribute certain personal health information to the Provincial EHR in accordance with Ontario Health’s interoperability specification once published. Below is the

Adjustments will be made in February 2025 to exclude technical services performed in hospital from previously paid Year 3 compensation increases. Read more in the Ministry Info Bulletin.

Temporary increases for physician services payments:The ministry will temporarily increase physician payments by an additional 9.95% for the period January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025. Read more in the Ministry Info Bulletin. Temporary increases for primary care and alternate payment programs:The ministry will temporarily increase physician payments by an additional 9.95% for the period

The ministry will temporarily increase facility cost payments by an additional 9.95% for the period January 1, 2025 to March 31, 2025. Read more in the Ministry Info Bulletin.

The Independent Surgical & Diagnostic Clinics of Ontario (ISDCO) is a committed partner in advancing medical imaging in Ontario. We must consider bold new strategies that challenge the status quo and have given some ideas.

by Katherine Fierlbeck The intense debate pitting private versus public healthcare in Canada needs a reality check. This Commentary provides clarity about the different forms of “private” healthcare and a comprehensive view of the current policy landscape defining the balance between public and private healthcare. Read more

Beginning Spring 2024, the Government is taking the next step in expanding the number of community surgical and diagnostic centres to expand patient access to OHIP-insured services closer to home, including more MRI/CT scans, GI endoscopies, and orthopedic surgeries based on regional need. The Ontario Ministry of Health is extending an invitation for an open