Do you have the information that you need to vote on the 2019 tentative Physician Master Agreement? Dr. Trina Larsen Soles, Chair of the Statutory Negotiating Committee, and Mr. Paul Straszak, Chief Negotiator for Doctors of BC, will give a short presentation about the PMA and then we will open it up for your questions. …
Read more »Family Doctors: Standing Up and Standing Out We are happy to be co-hosting a family medicine conference in Victoria with the BC College of Family Physicians (BCCFP) on April 5 and 6, 2019. Ordinary family doctors are extraordinary. We provide excellent clinical care and advocate for our patients in a fragmented health system. We walk beside …
Read more »A new fee note was added to the 0120 and the Mental Health management fees (14044/45/46/47/48) effective December 1, 2018: Documentation of the effect(s) of the condition on the patient and what advice or service was provided is required. This confirms the rules in the Preamble (C.10 Adequate Medical Records of a Benefit under MSP). …
Read more »Effective January 1, 2019 the 14066 Personal Health Risk Assessment has been aligned with the Planning fees (complex care, mental health and palliative). This means that billing a same-day visit service is allowed, but is no longer required. The new fee note reads: Payable in addition to a visit fee (home or office) on the same day if medically …
Read more »If you are a community Family Doctor doing full service family practice, don’t forget to re-submit GPSC Portal Code 14070 on January 1, 2019. This opens the door to GPSC fees 141075/14076/14077/14078/14029. If you are resubmitting, simply search your patient database for the mock patient with the last name “Portal”, first name “GPSC” and submit 14070 with diagnostic …
Read more »The provincial forms have been revised and must now be submitted to the BC Ministry of Health, rather than the BC Coroners Service . This streamlines reporting as the new provincial forms meet both the provincial and federal reporting requirements. Click here for details.
Read more »New fees to support physicians caring for patients with addictions went live on June 1. Check out the new Addictions section of our website.
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