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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 pose a ... The Laboratory Services Act (LSA) came into effect on 1 October 2015. The LSA replaced the Medicare Protection Act (MPA) and ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-kwe), JD, LLM, SJD March 2021
... to leave BC hospitals against medical advice in the years 2015 to 2018.[ 1 ] It must be noted that interpersonal racism ... people (see Finding 4 of the full report, p. 80). To 31 October 2020, First Nations died from overdoses at a 5.5 ... routine measurement of health system performance on this issue, serving to mask a problem that this review has ...
Beyond Medicine / BY: A.M. Ocana, MD, CCFP, ABAM January/February 2019
On 17 October 2018, Canada joined nine American states and Uruguay ... you’re looking at this scientifically, you might have an issue with the correlation of use to health risks, because ... use disorder, DSM-5 304.3.  Date of first visit: January 2015 to October 2017. Inclusion criteria: Self-reported ...
Billing Tips / BY: Keith J. White, MD May 2016
The Laboratory Services Act (LSA) came into effect on 1 October 2015. The LSA replaces the Medicare Protection Act (MPA) and ... go to  www.gov.bc.ca/laboratoryservices . In the next issue of the  BCMJ  we will provide examples of ...
Obituaries / BY: Doug Blackman, MD, September 2015
... Dr Morris VanAndel was born in Arnhem, Netherlands, on 12 October 1943, the fifth of seven children. The family ... table, making the way clear to a fair resolution of the issue at hand. Dr VanAndel epitomized what one expected of a ... MD Vancouver Obituaries Dr Morris VanAndel, 1943–2015 ...