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Billing Tips / BY: Lorne Verhulst, MD July/August 2018
... attempts to match the medical inspector with the type of practice undergoing the audit. Having a peer physician ... the profession or generally designated by the Patterns of Practice Committee (POPC). Be supportive of the policies and ... . —Lorne Verhulst, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips Why become a medical ...
Premise / BY: E.M. Wong, MD, CCFP, FCFP May 2017
... topic, he uses stories from his patients’ lives and his practice to illustrate the different approaches to ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD January/February 2017
As my term as chair of the Patterns of Practice Committee comes to an end, I might reflect on the ... BC, the Society of General Practitioners, or the General Practice Services Committee), not from self-proclaimed ... the next level. —Keith J. White, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips Audit: A year of reflection ...
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 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 ...
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 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 ...
Premise / BY: Kevin Wade, CD, MD, CCFP March 2017
As a recent UBC graduate and new-in-practice family physician, I read with interest the 2014 ...
Premise / BY: Gabrielle Lynch-Staunton, BFA, BEd November 2017
... Department of Psychiatry, and during his years in practice, Dr Mathew had come across many patients who faced ... and Dr Mathew continues to dedicate his time to his group practice and patients in Maple Ridge, to humanitarian ...
Premise / BY: Martin C. Wale, BM BS, FRCPath, MBA March 2017
... a physician and their medical leader, is not to restrict practice but to ascertain what additional supports (training, ...