安大略省审计长发现由于监管薄弱,存在广泛的账单欺诈,导致潜在的10亿美元多付和家庭医生严重短缺。
Ontario’s auditor general found widespread billing fraud due to weak oversight, leading to potential $1B in overpayments and a severe shortage of family doctors.
安大略审计长发现该省监督医生计费方面存在重大缺陷,发现卫生部缺乏查出可疑索赔的系统,让几百名医生一天24小时以上、一年中每天有几次开账单。
Ontario’s auditor general has revealed major flaws in the province’s oversight of physician billing, finding that the Ministry of Health lacks systems to detect suspicious claims, allowing hundreds of doctors to bill for more than 24 hours in a day and some for every day of the year.
报告强调了系统性弱点,包括审计小组人员不足,只有8项过时的技术,未能执行节省费用措施,可能导致10亿美元多付。
The report highlights systemic weaknesses, including an understaffed audit team of just eight, outdated technology, and a failure to implement cost-saving measures, potentially resulting in up to $1 billion in overpayments.
尽管医学院的座位不断扩大,但由于培训场所不足和规划不善,该省的家庭医生比预计的少44%。
Despite expanding medical school seats, the province is producing 44% fewer family doctors than projected due to insufficient training sites and poor planning.
政府承诺在四年内将每位居民与一名家庭医生连接起来,但缺乏可衡量的进展,参与保健连接计划的人数很少,也没有明确的数据收集时间表。
The government’s pledge to connect every resident to a family doctor within four years lacks measurable progress, with low participation in the Health Care Connect program and no clear data collection timeline.
该部已接受了所有审计建议。
The ministry has accepted all audit recommendations.