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President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) January/February 2014
... through local initiatives such as Divisions of Family Practice and in new facilities-based programs to increase, ...
Premise / BY: Siavash Jafari, MD, MHSc, FRCPC March 2014
... on prescribers who clearly deviate from accepted medical practice in terms of prescription painkiller dosage, numbers ... C. Opioids for chronic noncancer pain: A new Canadian practice guideline. CMAJ 2010;182:923-930. Premise ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) March 2014
... on the successful model set by the Divisions of Family Practice initiative, we can find solutions to the problems in ... This has been happening for some time at the family-practice level, but it’s now time for improvements at the ... who decided to engage and work with divisions of family practice. And with the support of Doctors of BC and the work ...
President's Comment / BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM) April 2014
... for the upcoming spring and summer. This April I find this practice particularly timely as my term as president ends ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD May 2014
With the support of the Patterns of Practice Committee (POPC), a regular column will appear in ... on the most common billing errors discovered during practice reviews and audits. The POPC is committed to ... or more. •    Initial or introductory visits to the practice by new patients. •    Travel advice, lifestyle ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD June 2014
... . —Keith White, MD, Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips Audit red flag: Treating a ...
President's Comment / BY: Bill Cavers, MD June 2014
... experience of the collaborative committees—the General Practice Services Committee, Specialist Services Committee, ... that the renaissance that has affected community family practice spreads across the profession. This step will see ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD July/August 2014
... (the host physician) or corporate body who owns the practice. To assign payment to the host physician, complete ... place, billing statistics for the physician who owns the practice are distorted. In addition, noncompliance may impact ... and the locum. —Keith White, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips Audit tip: Locum agreements ...
Premise / BY: W.D. Robertson, MB, BChir, FRCPC July/August 2014
... to enable people to live fulfilling lives for longer. This practice fails to acknowledge that the quality of death ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD September 2014
... of all fees. —Keith J. White, MD Chair, Patterns of Practice Committee Billing Tips Audit tip: Billing for ...