Billing in BC: Basics for Specialty Medicine
The purpose of this course is to help specialists and international medical graduates learn basic billing for their practice.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Describe the basics of physician payment structure in BC with a focus on fee for service billing.
- Organize a billing number and understand the mechanics of billing.
- Identify how fees are created, defined and maintained.
- Recall tips on using the current MSP and SSC fee guides.
- Recognize confusing areas and commonly missed billings.
- Describe the general billing integrity process.
- General & Pediatrics Billing: Todd Sorokan, MD, FRCPC
- Psychiatry Billing: Geoffrey Ainsworth, MD, FRCPC
The Division of Continuing Professional Development, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine (UBC CPD) is fully accredited by the Continuing Medical Education Accreditation Committee (CACME) to provide CPD credits for physicians. This activity is an Accredited Self-Assessment Program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program (MOC) of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by UBC CPD. You may claim a maximum of 1.00 hours (credits are automatically calculated). Each physician should claim only those credits accrued through participation in the activity.