Ontario. Health Services Insurance Division

• Health Services Insurance Division

• Ontario. Medical Services Insurance Division

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.

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.

Medical Services Insurance Act, Statutes of Ontario, 1965

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Ontario. Department of Health. Annual Reports; RG 10 Inventory

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