Physician Remuneration

Application, Confirmation of Banking Information & Expense Forms

Application Application for Northern Specialist Locum Programs Confirmation of Banking Information Confirmation of Banking Information Expense Form and Claiming Guidelines Specialist Locum Physician Expense Form Parameters Clarification Document

Urgent Locum Tenens Program

Travel Time

Locum physicians are eligible for reimbursement of necessary travel time, up to a maximum of 4 days per assignment. The following rates apply:

• $459 per 3-4 hours
• $918 per 6-8 hours
• $1377 per 9-12 hours

Fees

Clinical Locum Assignments:

• 1 sessional equals 3-4 clinical hours at $459.
• 2 sessionals equal 6-8 clinical hours at $918.
• 3 sessionals equal 9-12 clinical hours at $1377.

A maximum of 3 sessionals can be claimed per day travel and work combined.

On-call Locum Assignments:

• Locum physicians must be on-call for a full 24 hours and must be present in the locum community to be eligible for a sessional payment ($1377).

Partial on-call work may only be claimed on assignment arrival and departure days at the following rates:

• 1 sessional equals at least 8 hours of on-call coverage at $459.
• 2 sessionals equal at least 16 hours of on-call coverage at $918. 

Fee-For-Service

• The locum physician is expected to bill fee-for-service to OHIP on days where billings exceed the sessional rate; bill fee-for-service in accordance with the OHIP Schedule of Benefits.
• The locum physician may either bill fee-for-service to OHIP, or sessional rates to HFO MRA on any approved locum day, but claiming both types of payment for the same locum day is prohibited.
• In cases where locum reimbursement is paid directly by the hospital/community, the locum physician should contact the community or NSLP to verify whether the locum physician is eligible to claim sessionals. 

Honorarium

• Locum physicians are entitled to a $300 honorarium for each approved travel or work day.
• Only one honorarium may be claimed each day and it cannot be pro-rated.  

Respite Locum Tenens Program

Fees

Arrangements are made directly with the hospital/local specialist(s). 

Find a locum:  OPLP positions | Non-OPLP positions For additional potential opportunities, contact the Northern Specialist Locum Programs.

 Resources

• Learn more about locuming in Ontario.

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