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Keith J. White, MD
As my term as chair of the Patterns of Practice Committee comes to an end, I might reflect on the committee’s work over the past 3 or so years. We have, we feel, established a respectful, collaborative relationship... Read More
The Laboratory Services Act (LSA) came into effect on 1 October 2015. The LSA replaces the Medicare Protection Act (MPA) and the Hospital Insurance Act as the authority for insuring laboratory services. It consolidates... Read More
It is common practice for physicians to get to know a new patient and learn of his or her health concerns and history by way of an introductory visit or what is known as a “meet and greet.”Recent audits have revealed... Read More
Recent audits have revealed that physicians may be claiming fee item 14033 (complex care) when there is no confirmed diagnosis of a second chronic condition. Fee item 14033 was developed to compensate GPs for... Read More
Over the past 2 years the Patterns of Practice Committee (POPC) stepped up its educational efforts by writing articles for the BCMJ to address important topics such as billing by locums, the audit process,... Read More
From time to time you will see requests for medical inspectors or audit hearing panel members, and you may wonder why anyone would want to be a medical inspector and audit their peers. Inspectors are appointed by the... Read More
It has come to the attention of the Patterns of Practice Committee that specialists may be billing fee items 10001, 10002, 10003, or 10004 and not documenting correctly, or misinterpreting how to apply a particular fee... Read More
Fee item 13005 (advice about a patient in community care) applies to residential, intermediate, and extended care patients and also includes patients receiving home nursing care, home support, or palliative care at home... Read More
The roll-out of the GPSC Residential Care Initiative represents a major advance in delivering high-quality care to residential care residents in British Columbia. One of the expectations of the initiative is the... Read More
I am frequently asked by physicians, “What could get me audited?” There is no simple answer. In any system that pays for services, there is an audit process. Approximately 103 million claims are processed each year... Read More