Independent Health Facilities
What's New
April 27, 2012 - Reorganization for Ministry's Registration and Claims Branch
Over the next six months the Registration and Claims Branch is reorganizing into six specialized business units. The branch in charge of processing your claims has had a name change to Claims Services Branch. This change only effectives the individuals processing your claims and questions related to your claims. Note: IHF licensees should continue to contact the IHF Program area for the services which the IHFP has always provided (i.e. applications, quality assurance program etc.).
Please see the attached link to bulletin 2081 for details.
March 1, 2012 - April 1, 2012 Change to Claims Processing Office for Northern Providers
Effective April 1, 2012, claims processing services for Northern Ontario providers will be relocated from Sudbury to the Toronto Office. Diskettes should continue to be mailed to, or dropped off at the Sudbury office. All other inquiries should be sent directly to the Toronto office for response. Please see the attached link to bulletin 2080 for details.
January 16, 2012 - CPSO Newsletter
The CPSO has launched a newsletter for physicians who practice in independent health facilities and out of hospital premises. Please see the attached link to the January 12, 2012 edition.
The Independent Health Facilities Program licenses, funds and coordinates quality assurance assessments of community-based non-hospital facilities in Ontario that provide insured diagnostic services (ultrasound, x-ray, pulmonary function, nuclear medicine and sleep studies) and/or insured surgical/treatment services (e.g., cataract surgery, dialysis, plastic surgery).
For More Information
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the information provided on this webpage please contact the Independent Health Facilities Program at 613-548-6637.
