Adjustments will be made in February 2025 to exclude technical services performed in hospital from previously paid Year 3 compensation increases

To: All Physicians and Hospitals  
Category: Physician Services; Primary Health Care Services  
Written by: Claims Services Branch, Health Programs and Delivery Division  
Date issued: December 20, 2024  
Bulletin Number: 241202

The Ministry of Health and the Ontario Medical Association have been working together to implement physician compensation increases in accordance with the 2021 Physician Services Agreement (PSA) and the 2024-2028 Procedural Agreement (the Agreement).

Further to INFOBulletin 241103 — 2021 Physician Services Agreement Year 3 Increases, the Agreement provides for a 2.8% across-the-board compensation increase on physician payments for the period April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024.

Hospital technical fees are not eligible for the temporary 2.8% increase. However, due to a processing issue, payments for hospital technical fees were included in the one-time compensation increase payments made on the November 2024 Remittance Advices (RAs) and reflected on Compensation Increase Reports.

These payments will be corrected on the February 2025 RA with the accounting adjustment ‘2023-2024 Compensation Increase’ for the portion of the one-time payment representing hospital technical fees.

Updated Compensation Increase Reports will not be available. Physicians are encouraged to check their February 2025 RA against their existing report for reconciliation purposes.

Please note that only those who incorrectly received payment for hospital technical fees will see these adjustments. Physicians who did not submit claims for hospital technical fees will not be impacted.

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Physician Services Agreement; PSA; physicians; payments; compensation increase; adjustment

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