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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 ...
Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD May 2017
... to use one system for both tasks.  The Patterns of Practice Committee has a few audit tips for physicians who ... and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC) for more information on good practice guidelines pertaining to EMRs. •    CMPA. ... ) —Lorne Verhulst, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee$ Billing Tips EMR audit pitfalls ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD July/August 2016
... advice from well-intentioned colleagues. Look at your Practice Mini-Profile, and do not ignore flags. Don’t get ... you are audited. —Keith J. White, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips Billing and audit: Avoiding ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD December 2016
It is common practice for physicians to get to know a new patient and ... to determine whether to accept a new patient into the practice should not be billed. The College of Physicians and ... medical visit.” —Keith J. White, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips Billing for new patients ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Kelly Mayson, MD, FRCPC December 2016
... Instead, it adopted the position that a “community of practice” consisting of subject matter experts—front-line ... to attempt to overcome these perceived hurdles and guide practice in the face of doubt and confusion. The ... have been reviewed widely and adopted as informal clinical practice guidelines. The Collaborative’s Anesthesia ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD June 2016
... necessary. —Keith J. White, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips The Laboratory Services Act: ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD May 2016
... province. While the enrolment, auditing, and patterns of practice of referring practitioners remain under the MPA, the ... may be sought. —Keith J. White, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips New Laboratory Services Act: ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD September 2016
... encounter must be made. *The Preamble to the General Practice section of the Doctors of BC Guide to Fees states ... more information. —Keith J. White, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips Long-term care facility ...