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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 ...
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 / 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: 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: David R. Richardson, MD November 2006
... Dr McManus was presented with the award on 6 November 2006 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver for leading ... and co-guest editor of the BCMJ’s September theme issue on patient safety (BCMJ 2006;48:324-341). Dr Michael ... structure for family practitioners that came into effect 1 April 2006: FP Obstetrical Premium —a continuation of the ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Brian Phillips, November 2006
... reduce exposure. Issues Health Canada’s announcement in April 2006 proposes that the current guideline level be lowered by ... ). One issue driving the need for change is that Canada’s current ...
News / BY: Fiona Youatt, October 2006
2006 Agreement news update The 2006 Agreement ratified by ... the monthly editions of e-News. Please note that as this issue of the Journal went to print, the Agreement was still ... The new agreement provides for fee increases effective 1 April 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. The distribution of the fee ...
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 ...