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Letters / BY: Ruth Habte, MD September 2022
... me one for free.” It quickly became apparent that the issue was not obtaining a prescription or finding a provider ... by taking care of people in abusive relationships, who may be in high-socioeconomic-status households but have no ... in $70 million of estimated governmental savings.[ 2 ] In 2015, a Canadian cost model found roughly 180 000 pregnancies ...
Billing Tips / BY: Janet Evans, MD, CFPC, FCFP July/August 2021
This article originally appeared in the May 2016 issue of the BCMJ . As this subject continues to ... Services Act (LSA) came into effect on 1 October 2015. The LSA replaced the Medicare Protection Act (MPA) and ...
Letters / BY: Donna Dryer, MD, FRCPC September 2016
... of access to cannabis for medical purposes. On 5 May 2015 the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British ... or undertaking any medical procedure. Fourth, we take issue with the College’s prerequisite that conventional ...
Point Counterpoint / BY: Will Offley, RN December 2016
... effectiveness of the policy.  Inconsistent application In 2015 James Hayes addressed these issues in an arbitration ... are not the same thing. There are many ways an individual may be infected with influenza despite having had the annual ... and in the absence of an outbreak.”[ 12 ] Also at issue is the practical matter of wearing masks. It appears ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD May 2016
... Services Act (LSA) came into effect on 1 October 2015. The LSA replaces the Medicare Protection Act (MPA) and ... WorkSafe BC, patient-pay) is not selected, and some EMRs may default to billing MSP. If an inaccurate payment method ... go to  www.gov.bc.ca/laboratoryservices . In the next issue of the  BCMJ  we will provide examples of ...
Letters / BY: Brian Winsby, MD November 2015
I read the letter to the editor in your September issue titled “ MSP: Changes to compensation for teaching ” [ BCMJ  2015;57:275] with great concern as it contained some significant factual errors that may cause unnecessary confusion among Doctors of BC members. ...
News / BY: H. Douglas Cooper, MD, May 2015
By Eric Topol, MD. New York: Basic Books, 2015. ISBN 978-0-465-05474-9. Hardback, 364 pages. $32. You may already be familiar with this book but, if not, I urge ... into three sections. The first section deals with the issue of who is in charge of health care information. Here ...
Letters / BY: John Stewart, MBBS, July/August 2015
... puzzled by the full-page advertorial that appeared in the May issue of the  BCMJ  [2015;57:152]. First, what does the neologism ...
News December 2015
... patients, leading scientists to consider that the enzyme may play a role in the human disease. The study suggests that ... Tumor Growth,” were published in the 15 October 2015 issue of  Molecular Cell , available online at  ...