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News&Notes / BY: Kashmira Suraliwalla July/August 2008
... increases had always been modest (3% and under, with 2001, 2006, 2007, and 2008 at 0%). With careful management of ... of General Practitioners of BC for their patience on this issue. Dr Bryan Norton, president of the Society of General ... raised the subject of BCMA governance referendum. Though April’s referendum did not achieve the 75% approval rate ...
News / BY: Geraldine Vance, APR, September 2007
... feedback strongly influenced the outcome of the 2006 agreement.  Today, the GPSC is charged with defining ... priority areas:  Chronic disease management : As of 1 April 2007 physicians receive a $125 incentive per patient ... Part 1 and 2 has also been revised and is included in this issue’s polybag.  The Antenatal Record Part 1 and 2 (BCPHP ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, June 2007
... New fees The new complex care fees were introduced in April to compensate GPs for the extra time required to ... only 5% of the new funds allocated to GP Services in the 2006 Letter of Agreement. The GP Services Committee is also ... BCMA Benefits Correction: Mr Garth Evans In the March 2007 issue we incorrectly added the letters “MD” after Garth ...
News / BY: Tara Lyon April 2007
... Vancouver General Hospital and Heather Heritage Society, 2006. Hardcover. $35. To order, contact the Heather Heritage ... a little book about the flu (reviewed in the December 2006 issue) and thinks he is an author. The “Laminator” has ... of February. Interested vendors had until the beginning of April to submit their proposals, and up to a maximum of six ...
News / BY: Arun K. Garg, PhD, MD March 2007
... good governance and effective member representation is an issue that the BCMA has looked at for 20 years and has been ... Medical Journal Editorial Board was pleased to award the 2006 J.H. MacDermot Prize for Excellence in Medical ... obligation to make the award annually. Deadline: Friday, 6 April 2007. A letter of nomination including a current CV ...
President's Comment / BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB, November 2007
... ratified by the membership a year and a half ago in spring 2006, laid out a new structure for the Physician Master ... Master Agreement and the subsidiary agreements is from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2012. The Physician Master Agreement ... of services. Included in the polybag with this month’s issue of the  BC Medical Journal  is a Membership Guide to ...
News July/August 2007
... dying people want  by David Kuhl, MD. Doubleday Canada, 2006. ISBN-10: 0385660669. Paperback, 336 pp. $25. This book ... Open Enrollment will be coming your way in the September issue of the  BCMJ. —Sandie Braid, CEBS Assistant ... of Agreement. The BCMA Board approved the allocation on 13 April 2007. The first $10 million was distributed based on ...
Back Page / BY: Gerd A. Asche, MD March 2006
... and professional misconduct, will appear in the April 2006 issue of the BCMJ. Back Page The cesarean section of ...
Letters / BY: Mark MacKenzie, MD, CCFP(EM), May 2006
... on community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) infections in the April 2006 issue of BCMJ [48(3):114-120] . The SSTI management ...
News December 2006
... Lam, MD and Colin Lee, MD. Mississauga: Doubleday Canada, 2006. ISBN 987-0-385-66277-2. Paperback, 344 pages. $14.95. ... where a physician is deemed uninsurable, to decline to issue coverage altogether. The amount of coverage is based on ... If you submitted claims for codes 13050 or 13051 between 1 April 2006 and 4 May 2006, you will need to resubmit them in ...