How do I know if I'm eligible for the Hospitalist Premiums (17%)
Physicians practicing as Hospitalists and submitting claims for the qualifying services are eligible for the 17% Hospitalist Premiums, when the following criteria is met:
The physician has provided at least 1500 qualifying services in the qualifying year; and
The physician has provided at least one qualifying service per day on at least 110 days in the qualifying year; and
The physician is a General and Family Practice (00) or an Internal Medicine (13) specialist.
To confirm if you are eligible for the premium, you can obtain the required information as follows:
Generate an Export Claim report (under REPORTS&FORMS -> Advanced Reports) for the previous fiscal year (e.g. April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020)
Create a pivot table and retrieve the information for the following:
a. The number of the qualifying service codes:
A933A-On-call admission assessment
C933A-On-call admission assessment
C002A-Subsequent visit-first five weeks
C007A-Subsequent visit-6th to13th weeks
C009A-Subsequent visit-after 13th week
C122A-Subsequent visit by Most Responsible Physician-day following hospital admission assessment
C123A-Subsequent visit by Most Responsible Physician-second day following the hospital assessment
C124A-Subsequent visit by Most Responsible Physician-day of discharge
C132A-Subsequent visit-first five weeks
C137A-Subsequent visit-6th to13th week
C139A-Subsequent visit-after 13th week
C142A-First subsequent visit by Most Responsible Physician following a transfer from an Intensive Care area
C143A-Second subsequent visit by Most Responsible Physician following a transfer from an Intensive Care area
C882A-Palliative care-General Practitioner
C982A-Palliative care-all other specialties
b. The number of service dates with the qualifying service codes
Eligible physicians will receive a premium of 17% of the approved dollar value for the qualifying services. Payments will be made monthly and reported on the Remittance Advice (RA) – Claim Summary Payment report under Accounting Transactions (see below screenshot)
For more information, please refer to OHIP Bulletin 201106.
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