Alternative Payments On The Rise In Canadian Healthcare

A new report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) has found that the number of payments made to physicians by provinces and territories rose by 9 percent from 2011 to 2012, The Canadian Press reported on September 26. This figure was higher from the study’s previous year-over-year gain of 8 percent.

The study found that while most doctors are paid through fee-for-service agreements, alternative payments are on the rise. Last year, $6.3 billion in payments was made through alternative modes of payment.

“To put that in perspective, 10 years ago, alternative payments made up about 10 percent of overall clinical payment, and now we’re up to about 30 percent,” Walter Feeney, program lead for CIHI’s physician databases, told the media outlet.

For more insight into how Canadian doctors are receiving payment for their services, read the full report summary here.

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