Adults who experience a concussion appear to have a long-term suicide risk three times higher than that of the general population — and that risk rises to four times higher if the traumatic brain injury occurred on a weekend, a study suggests.
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Brampton MPP wants industry profits used to drive down auto insurance rates
It’s time the provincial government started cutting into the massive profits of insurance companies to provide Ontario drivers with the 15 per cent rate reduction on premiums that Premier Kathleen Wynne promised almost three years ago, according to Bramalea-Gore-Malton MPP Jagmeet Singh.
Criminal negligence causing death charge against auto mechanic reinstated by appeal court
A charge of criminal negligence causing death against an auto mechanic may proceed, the Ontario Court of Appeal has decided, holding that it was possible that a reasonable jury could find that the mechanic was a “significant contributing cause” of a woman’s death.
Doctors, Insurers and Trust
Via InsuranceThoughtLeadership.com, I ran across an interesting article on “Why Doctors Don’t Trust Insurers”. According to a (U.S.) survey by ReviveHealth Payor Trust Index, no insurer scored higher than 60 points out of 100 [1], with the average being 58.
http://www.insblogs.com/professional-development/doctors-insurers-trust/6391
Documentary Discovery: How It Should Look
The culture of creating and litigating peripheral disputes instead of going to trial has caused documentary discovery to go awry. Many lawyers no longer focus on which documents are truly needed to establish the elements of their claim or defence. This unfocused discovery “designed to uncover facts that relate only tangentially, if at all, to… the theory of the case” wastes time, money, and energy (Larry Pozner and Roger Dodd state in Cross-Examination: Science and Techniques).
The Auditor Generals report on the Canada Pension Plan Disability Program
The Auditor Generals report on the Canada Pension Plan Disability
Program states that Employment and Social Development Canada did not
respect its guidelines for making faster decisions for applicants with
terminal illnesses or grave conditions.
Program states that Employment and Social Development Canada did not
respect its guidelines for making faster decisions for applicants with
terminal illnesses or grave conditions.
The report also concluded that the Department did not ensure that it
assessed applications for the CPPD benefit in a consistent manner,
because the Department did not have a quality assurance framework in
place.
Finally, the Auditor General concluded that the Social Security
Tribunal of Canada, which was supported by the Department until November 2014 and
afterwards by the Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada,
did not decide CPPD appeals in a timely manner.
The report http://www.oag-bvg.gc.
Auto Insurance Dispute Resolution System (AIDRS) Project Update
http://www.slasto.gov.on.ca/
Auto Insurance Dispute Resolution System (AIDRS) – Transformation Project Status Update http://www.slasto.gov.on.ca/
Auto Insurance Dispute Resolution System (AIDRS) – High Level Process Design http://www.slasto.gov.on.ca/
Proposed By-Law Amendment: Posting of Quality Assurance Committee SCERPs
http://policyconsult.cpso.
As a result of Phase 2 of our Transparency initiative, when the College requires an Ontario doctor to undergo a Specified Continuing Education or Remediation Program (SCERP), which is generally done in a moderate-to-high risk situation, the SCERP is published on the doctor’s profile on our Public Register. However, this currently applies to SCERPs arising from our Inquiries, Complaints & Reports Committee (ICRC) only. It does not apply to those arising from our Quality Assurance Committee (QAC). As part of our ongoing Transparency initiative, we are proposing that all SCERPs be published on the Public Register, regardless of which College committee they arise from.
We would like to hear your thoughts on the proposed By-Law amendments that would allow us to add QAC SCERPs resulting from a moderate-to-high risk situation to a doctor’s profile on our Public Register. Visit the dedicated consultation page to view further information and provide your feedback.
1SCERP definition: A SCERP is a mandated education program for a doctor. SCERPs are ordered when a Committee identifies care or conduct concerns raising moderate to high risk. Generally, SCERPs are only ordered when a Committee believes that remediation is necessary and a voluntary agreement could not be reached. SCERPs remain on the public register unless they are overturned on appeal. Otherwise, a notation is made when all the elements of the SCERP have been completed.
Manulife seeks to trade health data for insurance premium discounts
The wearable devices are only one way the insurer will collect information through the Vitality insurance program. In the United States, customers hand over medical test results and biometric data, which the company has said could influence the way policies are underwritten in the future. Canada has unique privacy rules that have to be worked through ahead of the launch.
Hamilton taxpayers footing $820K for new social assistance software
Hamilton is at least $820,000 short after the Ontario government implemented a defective new computer system to deal with the city’s social assistance cases. And local officials aren’t exactly sure how they’re going to make the province pay.