This is the first of four articles in a series that will take you through what to expect if you are the subject of a billing audit by the Billing Integrity Program. Being audited, whether by... Read More
Billing Tips
If you receive fee-for-service payments from MSP, a Mini-Profile (a statistical analysis of your billings for that calendar year) will be generated for you annually. So why should you read it? The... Read More
The Billing Integrity Program is seeing a mixing of services—benefits with nonbenefits—appear on audits. Preamble C.1 in the Doctors of BC Guide to Fees states: “Benefits” under the Act... Read More
Recent audits have revealed a trend concerning tray fees: physicians are billing tray fees for procedures performed in a hospital; however, tray fees cannot be billed for any service performed in a... Read More
It has come to the attention of the Patterns of Practice Committee that physicians may be inappropriately billing fee item 15142 (urinalysis—complete diagnostic, semi-quant, and micro) due to... Read More