LFP payment model attracts family doctors from UK to BC
…Dr. Saad Khan and his partner, Samantha are sharing their relocation to British Columbia through their popular Instagram account and have drawn significant interest from healthcare professionals overseas. In the article published by the Vancouver Sun, the couple identified BC’s Longitudinal Family Practice (LFP) model as a central reason for relocating. Our payment model supports continuous, relationship-based patient care and aligns with the sha…
Help shape WorkSafeBC support for family doctors
…BC are supporting WorkSafeBC with qualitative research to understand the needs of family doctors and the challenges they face when treating injured workers. Through 60-minute Zoom interviews in October, WorkSafeBC intends to identify challenges in billing, administration and care delivery. Your insights will help improve support for all family doctors and their teams. Participants will receive compensation at the Doctors of BC sessional rate. Joi…
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The Society of General Practitioners of BC (SGP) has a robust history of standing for the needs of family physicians and their patients. In 2020, after 30 years as SGP, we became BC Family Doctors to better reflect our community and support our purpose of building an environment where all family doctors thrive. We believe that whether you provide longitudinal community-based family medicine, hospitalist medicine, addiction medicine or maternity c…
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There Is A Choice
…at landed hard, but I just had to get through the night on call, then I anticipated rest and the ability to carry on. As I scrolled through our office communication platform, I saw anything but rest. I saw that our office manager, with us since we opened our doors six years ago, had just quit with two weeks’ notice and an online message of “I can no longer work for you.” We were about to be unimaginably short-staffed, emotionally rocked, and absol…
Fee Increases and a Retroactive Payment
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Fee increases for prenatal and postnatal care
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New LFP tool: Sample Daysheet with billing
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Fee-for-Service Increases from 2022 PMA
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Dr. Renee Fernandez wins Dr Don Rix Award
…own BC Family Doctors Executive Director, Dr Renee Fernandez, won the prestigious Dr Don Rix Award for physician leadership. The award was presented at the Doctors of BC Awards Gala on January 26th, 2024. Established in memory of the late Dr Donald Rix, the award recognizes lifetime achievements and exemplary physician leadership so outstanding that it serves as an inspiration and a challenge to the medical profession in British Columbia. Dr Ferna…
Fee-for-Service: Amendments to Obstetric Fees 14105 and 14005
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Welcome our new Executive Director – Alexa Pitoulis
…lm of BC Family Doctors on March 11, 2024. We are thrilled to have Alexa guiding our Board of Directors and heading up our staff team. She comes to us with over two decades of experience leading teams in public, private and non-profit spheres. A creative strategist and change leader, Alexa holds an MBA in Sustainable Systems. Alexa believes family doctors play a critical role as the hub of our healthcare system and is looking forward to working wi…
Fee-for-Service: Significant fee increases now in effect
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Congratulations to B.C.’s new leaders
With the election behind us, B.C.’s political leaders now have the critical task of finding solutions to our primary care crisis. We’ve reached out directly to Premier David Eby, Opposition Leader John Rustad and the Green Party MLAs, calling on them to work together across party lines to support the urgent needs of family doctors and their patients. We want to ensure our voices are heard in shaping healthcare policy. In her letter to each leader…
Better data, better care: Why we need to improve EMRs
…ble medical errors and even death. But this isn’t just Alberta’s problem—British Columbians are facing the same challenges. For family doctors in B.C., who provide continuous, personalized care, our system’s inability to seamlessly share patient information is a huge roadblock to quality care. Family doctors: Specialists in primary care Family doctors are specialists in primary care, serving as the first point of contact for patients and managing…