As part of reforms to physiotherapy services, Ontario is expanding access to physiotherapy services to improve access for Ontarians by integrating physiotherapists into family health care settings.
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Medical files ‘routinely altered’ to suit insurers, claims FAIR
Auto accident victim medical files are “routinely being altered to suit Ontario’s insurers need to save money,” says the board chair of FAIR.
Lawyers billing badly
Excessive legal fees represent the chief impediment for access to justice for most people.
The New Insurance Landscape for Automobile Accidents
Ontario’s no-fault insurance scheme for car accident victims has been changed, effective September 1, 2010. As a result of these changes, the benefits available to individuals who have been injured in a car accident have been significantly reduced.
http://www.obj.ca/Blog-Article/b/11738/The-New-Insurance-Landscape-for-Automobile-Accidents
Subrogation has historically been the forgotten corner of a claims department – it shouldn’t be, one lawyer argues
It is easy to see how files with good potential for subrogation are missed: a loss has been adjusted and paid out. The file can be closed. Pursuing subrogation means keeping the file open and making a further investment in expert fees, legal expenses and general overhead costs. Why throw good money after bad, except in the most certain of cases?
http://www.claimscanada.ca/issues/article.aspx?aid=1003406494
Ontario’s medical watchdog asks: What would you want to know about your MD?
The College of Physicians and Surgeons wants to hear from patients about what information should be disclosed about a doctor’s troubled history.
At issue: insurance fraud and theft
We asked readers in a recent Insurance Business poll if police have been making a dent on fraud and theft – and the answer was nearly unanimous.
http://www.insurancebusiness.ca/news/at-issue-insurance-fraud-and-theft-186653.aspx
Recent court decisions reveal a changing landscape in Alberta on determining how much a vehicle involved in an accident is worth.
Approximately 11 months after Provincial Court Judge Skitsko provided his decision in the diminished value test case King et al v. Satchwell et al (2013 ABPC 358), the first appeal of a diminished value trial was heard in Alberta. On November 13, 2014, Justice Crighton of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench, sitting in an appeal and cross-appeal from the Brown v. Hermann et al (2014 ABPC 122) case rendered a decision.
http://www.claimscanada.ca/issues/article.aspx?aid=1003398417
OPSEU claims problems still ‘plague’ Ontario social assistance payments
TORONTO – OPSEU says a computer glitch which plagued the provincial Social Assistance Management System (SAMS) in November are once again causing problems for the province’s frontline workers.