Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Registration and Claims Branch
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Ministry of Health. Registration and Claims Branch
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Registration and Claims Branch was created in 1994 by combining Claims Payment Operations and the the Registration Program Branch of the Ministry of Health.
The Registration and Claims Branch was part of the Health Insurance and Related Programs Division. In 1999, the Division was replaced with the Health Services Division, Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.
Throughout its history, the Registration and Claims Branch has been divided into a number of units responsible for various aspects of policy, registration, payments, technical and information services, and data verification, as welll as a network of local offices providing direct client services.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Registrations and Claims Branch is responsible for policy development regarding eligibility for the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP). It also registers eligible Ontario residents into OHIP, registers medical service providers for the purpose of billing OHIP for services rendered, and verifies the accuracy of registration data.
The Branch also makes payment to providers, as well as payments to eligible Ontario residents for insurable out-of-province medical expenses, and to beneficiaries of the Northern Health Travel grant program.
The Branch also provides information on Ministry programs through its local offices.
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General context
Relationships area
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Access points area
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Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
KWIK Indexes, 1998-2006
Government phone books, 1993-2006
Ministry of Health and Long term Care Intranet site
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Paquet