Description

This two-part series on Extended Health Care (EHC) will help you keep up with trends and work effectively with insurers across Ontario. In episode one, Dr. Moez Rajwani discusses how EHC is evolving and what that means to chiropractors like you. From cost containment to digital transformation, he highlights current trends and outlines what you need to know to support your patients and protect your practice. He also chats about the pros and cons of preferred provider networks and how big data is informing insurers’ questions and actions.  Tune in to also hear about the rise of audits and how to prepare for one.  

And Dr. Rajwani suggests how your practice can use OCA’s Extended Health Care Guide and its tools, resources and information on leading EHC insurance practices to protect you and your patients.

Topics Covered:

• OCA’s Extended Health Care Advisory goals
• What makes extended health care (EHC) relationships complex
• How OCA’s Extended Health Care Guide can help your practice
• Key trends in EHC: cost containment insurance, preferred provider networks, digital transformation and more
• What today’s insurers are asking about treatments and patients’ conditions
• Types of preferred provider networks and their impact
• Rise of adjudication and evidence-based questions
• Types of audits and how to prepare for one
• Sharing members’ experience through forthcoming OCA Audit Tool
• Increasing audits and who’s affected

Key Links Discussed:

• Understanding Extended Health Care: The chiropractor’s guide to patient support and administrative compliance (access restricted to OCA members)
• The Patient’s Guide to Extended Health Care Coverage

About Dr. Moez Rajwani:

Dr. Rajwani is Vice President of Clinical Services at North York Rehab Clinic (NYRC), where he manages and works with a multidisciplinary team of medical consultants overseeing complex medical evaluations. He also practises and manages orthopedic rehabilitation centres in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

He is also Executive Director of the Future Ready Initiative, which aims to increase the community’s preparedness, as well as its resilience in the face of disruptive changes in the area of the future of work. 

An active volunteer, Dr. Rajwani serves as the Co-Chair of the Coalition of Health Professional Associations in Auto Insurance Services in Ontario and is a board member at Michael Garron Hospital. He is also on the Board of Directors for World Spine Care (WSC) Canada.

Dr. Rajwani is a recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Volunteer Award, the OCA Volunteer Service Award and an award from the Ministry of Citizenship for 25 years of service to the community.

He graduated as a Doctor of Chiropractic in 1994 and has post-graduate certifications in Occupational Health and Sport Sciences.

Watch for Part 2: EHC and Virtual Care, Post-Pandemic and More -  coming on October 15, 2021