From time to time you will see requests for medical inspectors or audit hearing panel members. You may wonder why anyone would want to be a medical inspector and audit their peers. When the Audit... Read More
Billing Tips
In 2014 the Patterns of Practice Committee published the following information about physicians billing for family members or themselves. Despite this, there continue to be incidents of physicians... Read More
In March 2017, the Patterns of Practice Committee (POPC) embarked on a new journey by providing educational opportunities to physicians relating to audit and billing. Communications were sent to all... Read More
Doctors of BC has recently been made aware that some physicians are confusing the use of payment numbers and payment forms. Practitioners should understand how the numbers differ and how to use them... Read More
One of the objectives of on-site audits is to determine whether physicians’ patterns of practice for individual patients are justified. In other words, is the number of services provided to a patient... Read More