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Billing Tips /
BY: Keith J. White, MD
July/August 2015
... an opportunity to identify potential billing issues that may require correction. When any statistic on your profile is ... the information provided in your Mini-Profile, read the 2012 Mini Profile – Explanatory Notes document at ... your Mini-Profile and consider if there may be a potential issue with your flagged measures that could be avoided. ...
President's Comment /
BY: William Cunningham, MD, CCFP, CCFP (EM)
November 2013
... EMR adoption rates have risen from 23% in 2006 to 56% in 2012, countries such as Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and ... physicians set to retire in the next couple of years, it may make sense to forgo the expense and time-consuming ... typed emergency record the very next morning? In this issue of the BCMJ you can read more about this topic and ...
Letters /
BY: Angus Rae, MB, FRCPC
May 2013
... the BCMA’s pledge to support its members who are now, or may in the future become, clinical faculty teachers/mentors ... copy was not seen until 10 months later on 26 March 2012 when the Section of Clinical Faculty president received ... wording in the LOI calls into question. I take no issue with those involved in the system, only with the system ...
Letters /
BY: Andrew Farquhar, MD
June 2012
... issues in lifestyle counseling. In the BCMJ April issue I was glad to see the Council on Health Promotion ... focus to health, not weight: First, do no harm, BCMJ [ 2012;54:144 ]. Weight loss is incredibly difficult for most ... makes them depressed, and adds to the negative image they may already have of themselves. Despite occasional ...
Letters /
BY: Dana Cole, BScPharm,
December 2012
The premise for Dr Miller’s letter in the September issue [ BCMJ 2012;54:327 ] appears to be a recent decision by the BC ... In fact, the BCHA P&T committee made a decision at the 24 May 2012 meeting to add ticagrelor to the formulary with ...
President's Comment /
BY: Geoffrey Appleton, MB,
November 2007
... membership voted on the new Physician Master Agreement in May of this year, with 95% of those who voted voting in favor ... the subsidiary agreements is from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2012. The Physician Master Agreement supersedes the Amended ... of services. Included in the polybag with this month’s issue of the BC Medical Journal is a Membership Guide to ...