The Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, the Honourable George Smitherman, has appointed
Peter Cory, C.C., C.D., to review the Medical Audit Practice in Ontario.

The purpose of this review is to find and develop the best-practice method to audit fee-for-service claims that is accountable to the people, physicians and government of Ontario and that rebuilds the confidence of the profession in the audit process.

Interested organizations of physicians or individual physicians may make submissions or recommendations. They should be sent by July 14^th, 2004 to the following address :

Oral hearings for those wishing to make them will be held the week of October 25^th, 2004 and if need be continuing thereafter.

Notice should be given by all those desiring to make oral submissions and indicating the estimated time they will take, they should be sent to the above address on or before September 15, 2004.

The Terms of Reference for this review are posted here for reference.