The Ontario Medical Association has announced plans to ask the Supreme Court of Canada to hear an appeal of a lower court decision to make the names of top billing doctors public. The OMA has announced it is seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court, following a ruling from Ontario Court of Appeal that would make top billers’ names public. If such information is to be made public, it should be up to the provincial Legislature to do, she said. Article Continued BelowThe OMA twice appealed — first to the Ontario Divisional Court, then to the province’s Court of Appeal — losing both times. Article Continued BelowThe commissioner has placed on hold a separate FOI appeal from the Star for physician-identified billing data on all Ontario doctors.

Source: thestar September 14, 2018 22:18 UTC