Ontario, medical association near new compensation deal they say will help retain, recruit family doctors – CBC

New deal would compensate doctors in family health organizations for currently unpaid administrative work

Aug 06, 2025

The Ontario government and the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) say they’re close to reaching a new compensation deal for doctors working in family health organizations, which is intended to draw more physicians to family medicine amid a provincial doctor shortage.

Both parties say the proposed changes, which would impact roughly 6,500 family physicians, are intended to encourage more doctors to practice or remain in comprehensive family medicine. Negotiations are happening as more than two million Ontarians are without a family doctor.

The new model, called FHO+, would allow doctors to bill for administrative tasks that are currently unpaid, on top of clinical tasks, according to the OMA. The Ontario College of Family Physicians says in an average week, doctors spend about 19 hours on administrative tasks, such as filling out forms, charting and reviewing test results.

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