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News&Notes / BY: Michal Smialowski, MD, January/February 2014
... and good judgment. The journey toward establishing a practice in this remote area was surprisingly long, ... We then approached the IHA and proposed setting up practice in Tatla Lake at the nursing station.  Working at ... subsequently did well. One of the hardest aspects of rural practice is being prepared for anything. I have about 14 ...
Editorials / BY: David R. Richardson, MD April 2014
... I would love to hear from you. As I have been in practice for over 20 years, responses to my letter have ...
Editorials / BY: Anne I. Clarke, MD April 2014
... Traube’s space. Castell’s sign, which I use in my own practice, was easy to demonstrate, except I didn’t remember ...
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 ...
Editorials / BY: Susan E. Haigh, MD June 2014
... many individuals who have shaped my medical knowledge and practice over the years, but Dr John Hunt deserves mention ... a few of them. I met John when I moved here to join him in practice in 1986. Until then he had been practising ...
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 ...
News&Notes / BY: Joanne Jablkowski July/August 2014
... He is concerned that no new dermatologists are coming to practice in the province and many practising dermatologists ... Toronto) Dr David M. Bachop Awards Silver Medal in General Practice: Dr Elysia Ma (practising in Beaumont, Alberta) ...
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 ...
Editorials / BY: Cynthia Verchere, MD September 2014
... and interferes with your ability to undertake your practice or training. It will affect your colleagues, your ability to keep up your usual pace of learning and practice, your life partner's ability to cope with your ... because they so often used the year between residency and practice to get pregnant. It wreaked too much havoc on his ...