No barriers in Manitoba
Online posting: March 11, 1997
Published in print: April 15, 1997 CMAJ 1997;156:1121
Re: Financial and geographic barriers to fee-for-service
practice, CMAJ 1997;156:616.
CMAJ's Pulse column summarized the financial and
geographic barriers to fee-for-service practice across Canada,
but the information with respect to Manitoba is out of date.
Between January 1994, and October 1996, physicians new to
practice in Manitoba were issued "provisional" billing numbers.
However, all such numbers have now been converted to "valid and
active" status. As a result, there are now no financial or
geographic barriers to fee-for-service practice in Manitoba.
John A. Laplume, LLB
Executive Director
Manitoba Medical Association
Winnipeg, Man.
general@mma.mb.ca
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