Employer-paid virtual care may find itself in the hot seat after the federal government releases long-awaited clarifications of what is and is not permitted under the Canada Health Act (CHA). “It comes down to who’s paying the bill,” says Amr Galal, Consultant at...
Benefits Alliance President, Carolyne Eagan contributed to the Virtual Care conversation recently in the Toronto Sun. One in five Canadians do not have a family doctor or a nurse practitioner they can see regularly. Of those with a family doctor, 60% cannot get a...
The Globe and Mail reached out to include Benefits Alliance President, Carolyne Eagan in a recent article on the impact of Virtual Care. About 10 million Canadians now have somecoverage for virtual primary care through their workplace benefitpackages, according to the...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, virtual care was in its infancy. Then overnight it seemed that patients were connecting with their clinicians by phone, computer or SMS, not only for medical advice but also for prescriptions, referrals, lab work and diagnostic tests. ...
