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Billing Tips / June 2015

Billing for benefits and nonbenefits on the same visit

By: Keith J. White, MD

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

Female doctor giving an young child a vaccination
BC Centre for Disease Control / June 2015

Reducing immunization injection pain in infants

By: Christine Halpert, RN, BSN, MA,, Stephanie Meier, RN, BSN,, Monika Naus, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, FACPM

There is no doubt that vaccines have had a major impact on the health of children.[1] However, it has also been acknowledged that immunizations are the most common cause of pain related to medical... Read More

WorkSafeBC / May 2015

Research Services: Insights into injury and illness in the workplace

By: Susan Dixon

Through its Research Services department, WorkSafeBC supports the best scientific evidence on a range of occupational health and safety issues and, where possible, direct application of associated... Read More

News / May 2015

Quality Improvement Toolkit online

The Divisions of Family Practice recently launched a new Quality Improvement Toolkit on the Divisions of Family Practice website. The toolkit is a guide to getting started, planning your improvements... Read More

News / May 2015

Permanent life insurance 101

By: Julie Kwan, BBA, CFP, CLU, GBA

You are probably familiar with term life insurance, which provides coverage for a specified period such as 10 or 20 years. Odds are that you’ll cancel or outlive your term-life policy and a benefit... Read More

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BCMJ

The BCMJ is a general medical journal that shares knowledge while building connections among BC physicians.

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ISSN 0007‍-‍0556 (Print)
ISSN 2293‍-‍6106 (Online)
Established 1959