#StarInvestigation: 1,999 nerve blocks. That’s how many injections an Ontario doctor gave a single patient for chronic pain over roughly three years. They account for nearly $8.4 million of the $13.3 million he& #39;s billed to OHIP.

#StarOperationTransparency https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2020/09/28/thats-an-injection-mill-ontarios-top-billing-pain-doctors-capitalize-on-provinces-lax-rules-running-up-the-publics-tab-for-chronic-pain-management.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=operationtransparency">https://www.thestar.com/news/inve...
‘That’s an injection mill.’ Ontario’s top-billing pain doctors capitalize on province’s lax rules,...

Patients swear by the injections. The doctors who support the procedure say they help those suffering with chronic pain. The province has struggled to rein in unbounded growth in nerve block billing.

https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2020/09/28/thats-an-injection-mill-ontarios-top-billing-pain-doctors-capitalize-on-provinces-lax-rules-running-up-the-publics-tab-for-chronic-pain-management.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=operationtransparency
The Star investigation has found top-billing pain doctors capitalize on Ontario’s lax limits on nerve blocks, giving patients weekly injections despite medical guidelines saying the procedure should be done no more than once every three months. https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2020/09/28/thats-an-injection-mill-ontarios-top-billing-pain-doctors-capitalize-on-provinces-lax-rules-running-up-the-publics-tab-for-chronic-pain-management.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=operationtransparency">https://www.thestar.com/news/inve...
‘That’s an injection mill.’ Ontario’s top-billing pain doctors capitalize on province’s lax rules,...

Patients swear by the injections. The doctors who support the procedure say they help those suffering with chronic pain. The province has struggled to rein in unbounded growth in nerve block billing.

https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2020/09/28/thats-an-injection-mill-ontarios-top-billing-pain-doctors-capitalize-on-provinces-lax-rules-running-up-the-publics-tab-for-chronic-pain-management.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=operationtransparency
Ontario’s tax-funded health system has paid more than $420 million for these kinds of nerve blocks since 2011. https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2020/09/28/thats-an-injection-mill-ontarios-top-billing-pain-doctors-capitalize-on-provinces-lax-rules-running-up-the-publics-tab-for-chronic-pain-management.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=operationtransparency">https://www.thestar.com/news/inve...
‘That’s an injection mill.’ Ontario’s top-billing pain doctors capitalize on province’s lax rules,...

Patients swear by the injections. The doctors who support the procedure say they help those suffering with chronic pain. The province has struggled to rein in unbounded growth in nerve block billing.

https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2020/09/28/thats-an-injection-mill-ontarios-top-billing-pain-doctors-capitalize-on-provinces-lax-rules-running-up-the-publics-tab-for-chronic-pain-management.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=operationtransparency
This is how much Ontario’s three top-billing pain doctors charged the province on the nerve block procedures between 2017-2018, compared to the totals of entire provinces. https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2020/09/28/thats-an-injection-mill-ontarios-top-billing-pain-doctors-capitalize-on-provinces-lax-rules-running-up-the-publics-tab-for-chronic-pain-management.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=operationtransparency">https://www.thestar.com/news/inve...
‘That’s an injection mill.’ Ontario’s top-billing pain doctors capitalize on province’s lax rules, running up the public’s tab for chronic pain management. https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2020/09/28/thats-an-injection-mill-ontarios-top-billing-pain-doctors-capitalize-on-provinces-lax-rules-running-up-the-publics-tab-for-chronic-pain-management.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=operationtransparency">https://www.thestar.com/news/inve...
‘That’s an injection mill.’ Ontario’s top-billing pain doctors capitalize on province’s lax rules,...

Patients swear by the injections. The doctors who support the procedure say they help those suffering with chronic pain. The province has struggled to rein in unbounded growth in nerve block billing.

https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2020/09/28/thats-an-injection-mill-ontarios-top-billing-pain-doctors-capitalize-on-provinces-lax-rules-running-up-the-publics-tab-for-chronic-pain-management.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=operationtransparency
How does it work? Nerve blocks are commonly used before surgeries or to diagnose which nerve is causing a patient pain so health professionals can chart a course on how to treat it. https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2020/09/28/thats-an-injection-mill-ontarios-top-billing-pain-doctors-capitalize-on-provinces-lax-rules-running-up-the-publics-tab-for-chronic-pain-management.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=operationtransparency">https://www.thestar.com/news/inve...
The Star spoke to more than a dozen chronic pain patients. They say they swear by nerve blocks. Some get weekly blocks and others wait as long as three months between injections. https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2020/09/28/chronic-pain-patients-praise-nerve-blocks-for-freeing-them-from-the-shackles-of-pain.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=chronicpainpatients">https://www.thestar.com/news/inve...
Chronic pain patients praise nerve blocks for freeing them from the shackles of pain

The Star spoke to more than a dozen chronic pain patients. Some of them get weekly nerve blocks and others wait as long as three months between inject...

https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2020/09/28/chronic-pain-patients-praise-nerve-blocks-for-freeing-them-from-the-shackles-of-pain.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=chronicpainpatients
Read our latest #OperationTransparency investigation. https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2020/09/28/thats-an-injection-mill-ontarios-top-billing-pain-doctors-capitalize-on-provinces-lax-rules-running-up-the-publics-tab-for-chronic-pain-management.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=operationtransparency">https://www.thestar.com/news/inve...
‘That’s an injection mill.’ Ontario’s top-billing pain doctors capitalize on province’s lax rules,...

Patients swear by the injections. The doctors who support the procedure say they help those suffering with chronic pain. The province has struggled to rein in unbounded growth in nerve block billing.

https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2020/09/28/thats-an-injection-mill-ontarios-top-billing-pain-doctors-capitalize-on-provinces-lax-rules-running-up-the-publics-tab-for-chronic-pain-management.html?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=operationtransparency
Ontario’s health minister said the government will tackle the “excessive” use of nerve blocks billed to the provincial health system, a problem the premier called “shocking.” https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/2020/09/28/ontario-pain-doctor-billings-shocking-doug-ford-says-after-star-revelations.html?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=Health&utm_content=">https://www.thestar.com/news/inve...
Ontario pain doctor billings ‘shocking,’ Doug Ford says after Star revelations

OHIP has paid out more than $420 million for nerve blocks since 2011 despite a scarcity of evidence to show regular, repeat injections are an effectiv...

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