Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Health Services Insurance Division
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Medical Services Insurance Division
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Division was headed by an Executive Director who was directly responsible to the Deputy Minister for the operation and overall functioning of the Division. Under the Executive Director were three branch directors: the Director of Research and Planning responsible for planning and developing programmes and systems for the orderly expansion of governmental health insurance coverage in Ontario; the Director of Operations responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Division; and the Medical Director responsible for assessing complicated health claims and acting as liaison with the medical profession and other health bodies.
In 1969 with the establishment of OHSIP (Ontario Health Services Insurance Plan) the name of the Medical Services Insurance Divison was changed to Health Services Insurance Division.
This agency was abolished in 1972 with the inception of OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Plan) -- the combined health and hospital insurance schemes -- and was replaced by the Health Insurance Division.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Medical Services Insurance Division (later known as the Health Services Insurance Division) was established under the Medical Services Insurance Act, 1965 in order to administer OMSIP (Ontario Medical Services Insurance Plan).
In its administration of OMSIP, the Medical Services Insurance Division was responsible for processing application forms, establishing eligibility and issuing registration cards and standard contracts to participants. It also forwarded premium notices to those paying part or all of the premium, and processed and paid physicians' claims for medical services covered under the act.
Address
Medical Services Insurance Act, Statutes of Ontario, 1965
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Ontario. Department of Health. Annual Reports; RG 10 Inventory
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Stabile