Billing Tips /
BY: Keith J. White, MD
October 2015
This is the second article in a series of four that takes you through what to ... audit by the Billing Integrity Program. In the September article the pre-audit and planning phase of the audit process ... The audit team will be composed of two or three members--a medical inspector in the same specialty as the auditee, and ...
Editorials /
BY: Margaret Colbourne, MD, FRCPC
October 2015
... MD Since the publication of Kempe’s landmark 1962 article “The Battered-Child Syndrome,” health care ... theme issue addressing child maltreatment we present an article aimed at informing physicians of the unprecedented ... and children, provides a brief update on the supporting medical and scientific literature, and discusses aspects of ...
Clinical Articles /
BY: Sylvia Stockler-Ipsiroglu, MD, PhD, MBA, FRCPC,
November 2015
... otherwise stated, however, the term ID is used in this article for both DD and ID. ID affects 2% to 3% of the ... systemic problems, and behavioral abnormalities. Medical costs associated with ID exceed those for ... ] Early diagnosis of a treatable ID is essential because medical diets, vitamin supplements, substrate inhibitors, ...
Billing Tips /
BY: Keith J. White, MD
November 2015
This is the third article in a series of four. The subject of this article is phase 3: reporting. What happens after your ... senior auditor prepares a preliminary error list from the medical inspector’s audit working papers. The list of ...
Billing Tips /
BY: Keith J. White, MD
December 2015
This is the fourth and final article in the series that takes you through what to expect ... of a billing audit by the Billing Integrity Program. This article covers phase 4: recovery. The recovery phase commences when the Medical Services Commission approves a recommendation from ...
WorkSafeBC /
BY: Clayton Chmelik,
December 2015
... owner, who will review your request with our internal medical advisor and initiate appropriate action. As part of this process the claim owner or medical advisor may contact you to confirm the worker’s ... such referrals can also be found in the WorkSafeBC article published in the January/February 2013 issue of the ...