Ontario Calling for More Private Clinics to Handle Hip and Knee Surgeries

Private health centres can now apply to be licensed to do orthopedic surgeries in Ontario

The Ford government opened applications on Wednesday, also announcing plans to give centres $125M to cover costs of patients’ surgeries, beginning as soon as 2026

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Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the expansion will allow more procedures to be performed and reduce wait times, and patients will never have to pay out of pocket for OHIP-insured services.

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The private corporation Academic Orthopedic Surgical Associates of Ottawa began hip and knee surgeries at the Riverside campus last weekend.

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Ontario calling for more private clinics to handle hip and knee surgeries

The Ontario government says it would like to see up to 20,000 more orthopedic surgeries, such as hip and knee replacements, performed at private community surgical centres around the province over the next two years and is providing $125 million to make it happen.

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The move comes on the heels of licences for 57 privately operated MRI, CT scan and endoscopy clinics last week and the expansion of for-profit cataract centres in the province.