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 ...
Editorials /
BY: Willem R. Vroom, MD
September 2017
... value most in my colleagues is dependability. In today’s practice of medicine we depend on each other to provide the ...
Letters /
BY: Anthony Walter, MD
September 2017
... physician whose coverage remains in effect for my past practice, but not for new cases. Can one afford to be a Good ...
Letters /
BY: Douglas Bell, MD
September 2017
... involved in medical-legal issues arising from their practice, the CMPA compensates, on behalf of its members, ...
Letters
September 2017
... are perhaps many such stories. Closing or giving away your practice is such a life-changing decision that it cannot be ... promise, usually in writing, not to open another medical practice in the same city. So they try to keep working ...
News /
BY: Mariel Ang, MPH, BA Kin
September 2017
... with hip or knee OA that addresses the recommended best practice of education and exercise. Developed by Danish ...
News /
BY: Kathryn Darras, MD, FRCPC
September 2017
... pearls” section to relate the imaging to clinical practice. The app developers wanted to create a resource ... With the increased use of medical imaging in clinical practice, it can be challenging to find resources that are ...
News
September 2017
... the care of complex patients in a family physician’s practice. For a summary of the changes and FAQs, please visit ...
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 ...
Obituaries /
BY: Nis Schmidt, MD
September 2017
... to his internship. On completion he entered into a family practice with associates in Prince George from 1956 to 1960. ... later he completed his residency and joined in surgical practice with Dr Ernest McAmmond, emphasizing a practice then called proctology—disorders of the anorectum ...