The Ontario Ministry of Health has sent letters originating from its Payment Accountability and Fraud Control Unit to family doctors stating that they have “abnormal” billing patterns. One rural physician who has taken on more patients under the aegis of the government’s own Primary Care Action Plan to link more Ontarians without a family doctor to a family practice. In so doing, he is working more hours to provide service to more patients yet the Ministry now sees this as abnormal. Further there are no parameters or comparators in the letter to provide insight to the physician about what they are flagging or defining as abnormal.

Also a review of “Fried Rice Syndrome”

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Playlist

1st segment

Intro:  Ain’t No Pleasing You – Chas & Dave

Outro: Message in a Bottle – The Police

2nd segment

Intro: Disappear – INXS

Outro: Gaslighter – The Chicks

3rd segment

Intro: Off the Ground – The Record Company

Outro:  Bad Blood – Neil Sedaka

4th segment

Intro:  Fly Away – Lenny Kravitz

Outro: I Can See Clearly Now – Jimmy Cliff