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Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD January/February 2018
In March 2017, the Patterns of Practice Committee (POPC) embarked on a new journey by ... to thank all Doctors of BC staff, the Patterns of Practice Committee members, and the Billing Integrity Program ... physician groups. —Lorne Verhulst, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Some comments from the CME sessions held ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd December 2018
... his strategic orientation did not go unnoticed. Medical practice Haughton chose emergency medicine deliberately. Few ... taking calls a few nights a week and managing a busy practice. He gradually discovered he enjoyed working night ... BC Children’s Hospital emergency department. Artistic practice The top floor of Haughton’s New Westminster home ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: David Unger, MD December 2018
... “Safe prescribing of opioids and sedatives” practice standard,[ 1 ] published this year, strives to ... were removed and it is now a standard only. (Best practice musts and must nots .) Language was strengthened to ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD April 2018
In 2014 the Patterns of Practice Committee published the following information about ... like to avoid.  —Lorne Verhulst, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips Audit red flag: Treating a ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD September 2017
... associations), or atypical billing patterns or practice profiles.  Letters are sent to some of the selected ... 6 months. —Lorne Verhulst, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips Am I being audited? Service ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD March 2017
Transitioning away from full-time practice and planning for retirement can be a very exciting ... delay those retirement plans. Therefore, the Patterns of Practice Committee is committed to educating physicians who ... of Physicians and Surgeons of BC’s guideline on leaving practice ( www.cpsbc.ca/files/pdf/PSG-Leaving-Practice.pdf ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2017
... fees, and government funding for the General Practice Services Committee, Shared Care, and the Specialist ... of the collaborative programs, the divisions of family practice, and our new facility engagement projects. Let’s ... which he lived his life. Silver Medal in General Medical Practice:   Dr Dylan Falk Dueck Gold Medal for Distinguished ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD October 2017
... audits is to determine whether physicians’ patterns of practice for individual patients are justified. In other ... a concern.  A variety of factors affect the capacity of a practice, including the hours of work, the complexity of the patients, and the frequency of recalls. The efforts of practice support programs to attach more patients to GPs and ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD April 2017
... most important nonclinical requirements of a physician’s practice. The Billing Integrity Program will base their audit ... you were audited. —Lorne Verhulst, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips Audits reveal errors for ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD November 2017
... numbers to a clinic’s bank account, which is not a good practice. While it is quite common for payments to be ... arrangements. —Lorne Verhulst, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips Using payment numbers and ...