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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, ...
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 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 ...
Premise / BY: Romayne Gallagher, MD, CCFP(PC), FCFP January/February 2016
... Medical Association passed a motion recognizing that the practice of assisted death as defined by the Supreme Court of Canada is distinct from the practice of palliative care.[ 5 ] Why people request assisted ... 10 out of 10). Integrating palliative approaches into practice Informing patients about palliative approaches to ...
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 ...
Premise / BY: Margo S. Clarke, MD November 2016
... fashion. These oddities happen consistently, but in a busy practice these observations simply help to confirm the ... article is written with hope that physicians in clinical practice—especially those new to practice—will become curious, if they are not already, and ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD March 2016
Over the past 2 years the Patterns of Practice Committee (POPC) stepped up its educational efforts ... in an audit. In the year ahead the POPC will enhance the practice mini-profiles, continue submitting articles to the  ... you to take the opportunity to adjust your billing practice.  Finally, be sure to review your practice ...