October

This is the second article in a series of four that takes you through what to expect if you are the subject of a billing audit by the Billing Integrity Program. In the September article the pre-audit and planning phase of the audit process was outlined. This article covers phase 2, the on-site audit.

You are about to step out the door when a courier arrives with the initial audit notice from the Audit and Inspection Committee (AIC). Now what?

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In June 2012 the province’s health authorities, the BCCDC, and the Ministry of Health, through the Communicable Disease Policy Committee, released the BC Strategic Plan for Tuberculosis Prevention, Treatment and Control. This document describes an operational strategy developed collaboratively by partners across the health system to reduce the burden of TB in British Columbia. The strategic plan focuses on five goals over a 10-year period with the aim of accelerating the decline in TB. To reach the goals of the strategic plan, new screening strategies will be needed for high-risk groups.

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Radiological investigations are absolutely essential when assessing children who may have been subjected to physical abuse. These investigations play a key role in child abuse cases because the history provided is often incomplete or misleading and the physical examination may not readily identify occult injuries, especially in infants and young children. Diagnostic imaging can provide objective information about skeletal trauma, head trauma, and thoraco-abdominal trauma.

Few medical diagnoses have come under such intense scrutiny as abusive head trauma (AHT) in infants and children. The controversy over this medical diagnosis exists primarily within the courts and popular media, creating confusion about inflicted head injuries in infants and young children. While many argue against using the term “shaken baby syndrome” on semantic grounds, others do not believe injuries can occur with violent shaking and think there has been a misunderstanding or misrepresentation of the extensive scientific research base that supports this diagnosis.