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GENERAL SERVICES - ContinuedBCMAFee ($)Anes.Lev.MSP &WSBCFee ($)P15039 GP Point of Care (POC) testing for methadone orbuprenorphine/naloxone maintenance .......................... 28.55 12.22NOTES:i) Restricted to physicians who have exemptions toprescribe methadone or buprenorphine/naloxonefor their patients with opioid dependency in B.C.ii) Restricted to patients registered in the B.C.Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program.iii) Maximum billable: 26 per annum, per patient.iv) Confirmatory testing (reanalyzing a specimenwhich is positive on the initial POC test using adifferent analytic method) is expensive and seldomnecessary once a patient has enrolled in theMethadone Maintenance Program. Accordingly,confirmatory testing should be utilized only whenmedically necessary and when a confirmed resultwould have a significant impact on patientmanagement.v) This fee includes the adulteration test.vi) Only POC urine testing kits that have met HealthCanada Standards are to be used.P15040 GP Point of Care (POC) testing for amphetamines,benzodiazepines, buprenorphine/naloxone, cocainemetabolites, methadone metabolites, opioids andoxycodone. .................................................................... 28.55 12.08NOTES:i) Not billable for patients enrolled in the B.C.Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program.ii) Confirmatory testing (re-analysing a specimenwhich is positive on the initial POC test using adifferent analytic method) is expensive and shouldbe utilized only when medically necessary andwhen a confirmed result would have a significantimpact on patient management.iii) This fee includes the adulteration test.iv)Only POC urine testing kits that have met HealthCanada Standards are to be used.00040 Stomach lavage and gavage ......................................... 73.80 25.7200041 Ultrasound treatments ................................................... 21.80 8.5200042 Mileage, per mile one way (in the country beginning 5miles (8 kilometers) from town centre, in the city fromthe boundary of the city)................................................ 12.70 2.63NOTE: Payment agencies honour accounts forunusual emergency services to a patient residingoutside one's practice area and with a written report.3-8 BCMA Guide to Fees - effective April 1, 2014
GENERAL SERVICES - ContinuedBCMAFee ($)Anes.Lev.MSP &WSBCFee ($)00043 Anticoagulation therapy by telephone .......................... 23.80 6.66A00047 Renewal of prescription by telephone (per telephonecall) ............................................................................... 29.00A94523 Completion of Special Authority Form for third partyinsurer .......................................................................... 70.00A00048 Tray service .................................................................. 40.55A00049 Advice by telephone on the establishing of a tentativediagnosis and prescribing treatment per 15 minutesor portion thereof .......................................................... 80.90A00009 Mileage - per kilometre ................................................. 0.50A00093 Transfer of patient records ........................................... 33.20NOTES:i) This fee is recommended for a simple transfer ofrecords. Photocopying may be charged inaddition.ii) Other direct costs, such as courier services, maybe charged in addition based on the actual cost.iii) A fee for review of records may be charged inaddition if the physician reviews the records for thepurpose of selecting current and necessarymedical information to be transferred.iv) Original records must be retained by thetransferring physician as required by law.v) When multiple records are being transferred, thetotal time spent should be taken into account.A00095 Review of paper or EMR records by physician (formedical-legal purposes or transfer of patient records)- per 15 minutes or portion thereof ............................... 92.70NOTES:i) The fee for this service can be adjusted at thephysician’s discretion based on the time andextent of physician involvement and secretarialand other direct or indirect costs such as cost ofsupplies to produce an electronic copy.ii) This fee is for review of the paper or EMR fileonly.iii) Photocopying paper records may be charged inaddition.iv) At the physician’s discretion, an additional $1.45per page for paper copies is billable for largeand/or complex charts.A00096 Photocopying per page (paper copies) (first 10pages) .......................................................................... 1.55– subsequent pages - per page .................................. .30(see notes on next page)BCMA Guide to Fees - effective April 1, 2014 3-9
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