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Obituaries / BY: Jayne Postuk, LLB, DTh March 2017
... prescription he could offer. House calls were part of his practice and his door was always open.  He began his practice in the days before medicare. He treated anyone in ...
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 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: Lorne Verhulst, MD June 2017
... costs are those incurred by the MSP for patients in your practice. The method for calculating expected costs uses the ... in the future. —Lorne Verhulst, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips The importance of ICD-9 codes ...
Obituaries / BY: G.B. Gowd, FRCSC June 2017
... of British Columbia. Raj soon decided to expand his practice into the community, opening a private medical ... Interior each Friday evening after a week of full days of practice in Vancouver and returning on Sunday night to resume ... day or night, for many long years. To manage his vast practice he eventually required two full-time ...
Obituaries / BY: John O’Brien-Bell, MB July/August 2017
... 2 years led him to the Lower Mainland, where he set up a practice in Port Coquitlam and obtained privileges at Royal ... vast area. Dr Rigby, now with a busy and expanding general practice and much needed surgical experience, soon found ...
Obituaries / BY: N. John Bosomworth, MD, FCFP July/August 2017
... 1968 and moved to Penticton in 1972, where he ran a family practice until his retirement. Fred was not defined by his ...
Obituaries / BY: Jack Burak, MD July/August 2017
... Rod then immigrated to Canada, where he entered clinical practice as a family physician in Red Lake, Ontario. He ... medical students and residents. He taught UBC Family Practice residents at St. Paul’s Hospital for 37 years and was appointed director of the St. Paul’s Family Practice Residency site from 1994 to 2004. He later became ...
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 ...
Obituaries / BY: John Ankenman, MDCM, FRCS September 2017
... After an internship at VGH he and I established a family practice on Salt Spring Island. We had weekly clinics at ...