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LFP Payment Model: June 24 Payment Schedule, including Facility-based Care

…le for your reference. This new payment schedule will be effective June 24, 2024. (Until then, the current payment schedule, dated March 2024, remains in effect.) Highlights include: Longitudinal family physicians who bill the LFP Payment Model for clinic-based care can start billing for facility-based care on June 24. (Billing by longitudinal family physicians remunerated under other payment models will start at a later date.) Locum physicians wi…


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Register Now! Federation of Medical Women of Canada’s 100th Anniversary

…ctive Rights: Taking our Power from the Inside Out.” Date: September 27-28, 2024 Location: Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Ontario Physicians practicing in BC can apply to the JCC leadership fund for funding. JCC will identify if the physician’s learning objectives meet the criteria for funding. The learning objectives for the conference are listed on the agenda. If approved, the funding covers registration, travel and hotel. Register by June 30th, 202…


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Join a Doctors of BC committee

…physicians below. The closing date for applications is Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 11:59 pm. 1. Medical Services Commission One physician member is needed to serve on the Medical Services Commission. Under the Medicare Protection Act, the function of the MSC is to facilitate, in the manner provided for in the Act, reasonable access, throughout British Columbia, to quality medical care, health care and diagnostic facility services for residents of…


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Apply for Funding to Hire a Nurse

…g. Indigenous Peoples, maternity care, elderly/frail, sexual health and/or gender affirming care, complex care, and mental health and substance use) Applications will be assessed quarterly. The first application deadline for the 2024/25 fiscal year is April 1, 2024. For more information about eligibility, applications and deadlines, visit the Nurse in Practice webpage. Questions about the details of the program can be sent to NurseinPractice@gov.b…


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Federation of Medical Women of Canada’s 100th Anniversary

…ge: Celebrating 100 Years of Medical Women in Canada Date: September 27-28, 2024 Location: Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Ontario Physicians practicing in BC can apply to the JCC leadership fund for funding. JCC will identify if the physician’s learning objectives meet the criteria for funding. The learning objectives for the conference are listed on the agenda. If approved, the funding covers registration, travel and hotel. Register by June 30th, 202…


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…rs of BC Representative Assembly and committees, we are there. Speaking for you. For more information about our work, view our 2024-2025 Annual Report….


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“Connection, not hatred, is the glue that makes us feel we all truly belong.” -Dr. Vivek Murthy Dr. Murthy, the former Surgeon General of the United States, believes that loneliness is killing millions. As I consider my twenty-one years in medicine and the upcoming year as your president of BC Family Doctors, I think of Dr. Murthy’s anecdote to loneliness. My wish for the coming months is to build and strengthen connections: the circles between o…


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