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Health Services Branch
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The Health Services Branch was created in 2009, assuming functions of the Provider Services Branch from the Negotiations and Accountability Management Division.
The branch began as the Medical Branch of the Medical Services Insurance Division in 1966. In 1972 it began reporting to to the Health insurance Division.
The branch name was changed on multiple occasions, to Professional Services Monitoring Branch in 1975, Professional Services branch in 1979, and Provider Services Branch in 1989. The Provider Services Branch was renamed the Health Services Branch in 2009.
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The Health Services Branch plans, manages, and directs activities related to fee-for-service payment programs for health care providers under the Health Insurance Act.
The branch develops , implements and manages the payment programs and access to OHIP services. It oversees practitioner programs and policies; leads and/or participates in policy and program development projects; offers policy support to Out-of-Country and Out-of -Province eligibility programs as well as administering the Commitment to the Future of Medicare Act program; grants prior approval for Ontarians to access health services that are not performed or obtained in Ontario; establishes and provides accountability measurements for funded programs and manages the delivery of services for payment programs.
It is responsible for supporting program policy and implementation of programs to support the overall OHIP programs
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Government of Ontairo Telephone Directories
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Inventory RG 30
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Archivist(s):
Borutskie