Qujannamiik. Mr. Minister.
Debates of March 31st, 1994
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The Chair John Ningark
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John Pollard Hay River
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we got Inuvik off the ground fairly quickly and it went smoothest, there's no question about that. It is running well, it is up and standing on its own. In Rankin Inlet we had a few setbacks with training and so forth, but eventually we did get going over there. Now we've run into another setback, and that is the manager has had a coronary. So, we have a setback in Rankin Inlet. We're still supporting it, but I'm sure it will come. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Mr. Patterson.
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
Mr. Chairman, the other thing I asked about is that I understood that the department, as part of its cost-savings measures, was going to be paying closer attention to the physicians' billings. They were going to review, screen, and monitor the billings to ensure that there were no anomalies, shall we say. Has that strategy of the department been implemented, even while the health billing operations have been decentralized? Thank you.
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The Chair John Ningark
Mr. Minister.
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John Pollard Hay River
Mr. Chairman, for the most part, physicians in the Northwest Territories have been responsible and have been cooperative with us. With regard to health billings, our aim right now is to set up those two programs in Inuvik and Rankin. Then, we'll look into the business of either auditing, having less fees for service or more people on staff, et cetera, et cetera. Are we going in and auditing the books right now? No, we're not, Mr. Chairman. But, for the most part we are getting, from most physicians, responsible billing. Where there are problems, and we believe there are problems, we will use one of those methods to solve the problem, either close monitoring and auditing, or having less for fee for service delivered to us. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Bill 1: Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1994-95Committee Report 2-12(5): Review Of The 1994-95 Main Estimates
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Program summary, total O and M, $178.008 million.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Does the committee agree that the Department of Health is concluded?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
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The Chair John Ningark
On behalf of the committee, I would like to thank the honourable Minister for Health and his witnesses for appearing before the committee. Thank you very much.
Bill 1: Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1994-95Committee Report 2-12(5): Review Of The 1994-95 Main Estimates
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John Pollard Hay River
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair John Ningark
Does the committee agree that the details of 1994-95 are concluded?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Shall we move on to Bill 1?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
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Some Hon. Members
Clause By Clause
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The Chair John Ningark
Bill 1, Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1994-95. Clause 1.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair John Ningark
Clause 2.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Clause 3.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed
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The Chair John Ningark
Thank you. Clause 4.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
---Agreed