The former policy forced doctors to limit the number of services they could bill for each day. The provincial government hopes removing the cap will address immediate pressures on the healthcare system. Physicians in specialties like family medicine, pediatrics and ophthalmology complained that multiple service billings can be required per patient and a cap hampers the daily service they can provide. Some doctors said the cap prevented them from running evening clinics, which left more patients with few options but the ER after hours. The reversal comes on an interim basis, with plans to re-evaluate in 2023.
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Alta. reverses course, lifts cap on daily physician billings
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November 21, 2022
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