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Disgraced doc bilked OHIP for over $2 million through bogus billings: College

Former Order of Canada recipient Dr. Ranjit Kumar Chandra fleeced OHIP for more than $2 million through a false billings scheme in which he paid patients and others for their health card numbers, a college prosecutor alleged Wednesday.

Dr. Chandra, 79, is in ailing health and living in India and will no longer practise in Ontario. He’s denying the allegations of professional misconduct as he’s being tried in absentia at a College of Physicians and Surgeons disciplinary hearing.

Read more at Toronto Sun

Hoskins will ‘express concerns’ about patient record software being used to sell drugs

Concerned for patients’ privacy and pocketbooks, Ontario’s health minister says he will tackle a new Big Pharma marketing scheme that uses electronic medical records to sell drugs.

Minister Eric Hoskins said he will ask Ontario’s College of Physicians and Surgeons to investigate how electronic vouchers that steer patients to brand name drugs over cheaper generics “may be impacting privacy, accessibility and affordability.”

He said he also plans to “express my concerns” with Telus Health, which inserts the electronic vouchers into its popular electronic medical record software (EMR) used by thousands of doctors across Canada.

Read more at The Toronto Star