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Prescriber profiles
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy589
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-05-04
- Topics
- Ethics and medical professionalism
- Resolution
- BD96-08-241
- That the Canadian Medical Association and the divisions continue to denounce the current inappropriate collection and use of prescriber profiles by private industry and insist that any further collection, sale and other use of prescriber profiles be conducted in an ethical and legal manner (including individual physician knowledge and consent).
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-05-04
- Resolution
- BD96-08-241
- That the Canadian Medical Association and the divisions continue to denounce the current inappropriate collection and use of prescriber profiles by private industry and insist that any further collection, sale and other use of prescriber profiles be conducted in an ethical and legal manner (including individual physician knowledge and consent).
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association and the divisions continue to denounce the current inappropriate collection and use of prescriber profiles by private industry and insist that any further collection, sale and other use of prescriber profiles be conducted in an ethical and legal manner (including individual physician knowledge and consent).
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy661
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-03-04
- Topics
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC96-6
- In the event that governments fail to resolve the discriminatory effect of the GST on medical practices, that the Canadian Medical Association discuss with its members appropriate methods of passing on these additional costs to their patients.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-03-04
- Resolution
- GC96-6
- In the event that governments fail to resolve the discriminatory effect of the GST on medical practices, that the Canadian Medical Association discuss with its members appropriate methods of passing on these additional costs to their patients.
- Text
- In the event that governments fail to resolve the discriminatory effect of the GST on medical practices, that the Canadian Medical Association discuss with its members appropriate methods of passing on these additional costs to their patients.
Non-core services
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy663
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-08-21
- Topics
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC96-22
- That any service not listed as core shall be billable as a private service to the patient or his/her private insurance.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-08-21
- Resolution
- GC96-22
- That any service not listed as core shall be billable as a private service to the patient or his/her private insurance.
- Text
- That any service not listed as core shall be billable as a private service to the patient or his/her private insurance.
Uninsured services
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy665
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-08-21
- Topics
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC96-29
- The Canadian Medical Association deems that whenever a government designates a medical service as having a payment of nil it shall be considered uninsured and therefore billable as a private service to the patient or his/her private insurance.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-08-21
- Resolution
- GC96-29
- The Canadian Medical Association deems that whenever a government designates a medical service as having a payment of nil it shall be considered uninsured and therefore billable as a private service to the patient or his/her private insurance.
- Text
- The Canadian Medical Association deems that whenever a government designates a medical service as having a payment of nil it shall be considered uninsured and therefore billable as a private service to the patient or his/her private insurance.
Subsidies for Canadian Medical Protective Association insurance costs
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy669
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-08-21
- Topics
- Physician practice/ compensation/ forms
- Resolution
- GC96-55
- That the Canadian Medical Association, through its Divisions, lobby provincial and territorial governments to maintain subsidies for Canadian Medical Protective Association insurance costs while pushing for tort reform.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-08-21
- Resolution
- GC96-55
- That the Canadian Medical Association, through its Divisions, lobby provincial and territorial governments to maintain subsidies for Canadian Medical Protective Association insurance costs while pushing for tort reform.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association, through its Divisions, lobby provincial and territorial governments to maintain subsidies for Canadian Medical Protective Association insurance costs while pushing for tort reform.
License fees for medical procedures and technology
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy689
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-03-04
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD96-06-140
- That the Canadian Medical Association in consultations with Industry Canada and Health Canada, consider the issue of industry enforcing payments (license fees) from physicians for use of medical procedures or technology.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-03-04
- Resolution
- BD96-06-140
- That the Canadian Medical Association in consultations with Industry Canada and Health Canada, consider the issue of industry enforcing payments (license fees) from physicians for use of medical procedures or technology.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association in consultations with Industry Canada and Health Canada, consider the issue of industry enforcing payments (license fees) from physicians for use of medical procedures or technology.
Guiding principles for negotiations
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy691
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-05-04
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD96-08-196
- That the Canadian Medical Association, in consultation with its Divisions, develop a set of guiding principles for negotiations, applicable for use by all Divisions, thereby introducing a consistency and national authority in the approach to negotiations by the Divisions.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-05-04
- Resolution
- BD96-08-196
- That the Canadian Medical Association, in consultation with its Divisions, develop a set of guiding principles for negotiations, applicable for use by all Divisions, thereby introducing a consistency and national authority in the approach to negotiations by the Divisions.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association, in consultation with its Divisions, develop a set of guiding principles for negotiations, applicable for use by all Divisions, thereby introducing a consistency and national authority in the approach to negotiations by the Divisions.
Physician pension plan
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy692
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-05-04
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD96-08-198
- That the Canadian Medical Association investigate in principle the feasibility of developing a national physician-owned and operated voluntary pension plan.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-05-04
- Resolution
- BD96-08-198
- That the Canadian Medical Association investigate in principle the feasibility of developing a national physician-owned and operated voluntary pension plan.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association investigate in principle the feasibility of developing a national physician-owned and operated voluntary pension plan.
Canada Health Act
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy694
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-12-07
- Topics
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- BD97-03-118
- That the Canadian Medical Association continue its discussions with the Federal Government to influence Provincial Governments to comply with the lawful provisions of Sections 11 and 12 of the Canada Health Act.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-12-07
- Resolution
- BD97-03-118
- That the Canadian Medical Association continue its discussions with the Federal Government to influence Provincial Governments to comply with the lawful provisions of Sections 11 and 12 of the Canada Health Act.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association continue its discussions with the Federal Government to influence Provincial Governments to comply with the lawful provisions of Sections 11 and 12 of the Canada Health Act.
Monitoring health care access and quality indicators
https://policybase.cma.ca/en/permalink/policy760
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-08-21
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC96-19
- That the Canadian Medical Association insist that appropriate mechanisms for objective monitoring of access and quality indicators and benchmarks for national standards be developed by providers, governments and consumers to track identified areas of perceived deterioration in access to quality of health care.
- Policy Type
- Policy resolution
- Last Reviewed
- 2017-03-04
- Date
- 1996-08-21
- Topics
- Health systems, system funding and performance
- Population health/ health equity/ public health
- Resolution
- GC96-19
- That the Canadian Medical Association insist that appropriate mechanisms for objective monitoring of access and quality indicators and benchmarks for national standards be developed by providers, governments and consumers to track identified areas of perceived deterioration in access to quality of health care.
- Text
- That the Canadian Medical Association insist that appropriate mechanisms for objective monitoring of access and quality indicators and benchmarks for national standards be developed by providers, governments and consumers to track identified areas of perceived deterioration in access to quality of health care.