Increases to the LFP Payment Model from the 2022 PMA
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Sick notes for short absences to be scrapped!
…ps us move toward better care for more British Columbians. This is a step in the right direction. BC Family Doctors looks forward to participating in the provincial government’s stakeholder engagement to create new regulations for employers regarding short and longer-term absences from work due to illness. We will continue to make sure health care is a priority by raising our voice on behalf of family physicians across the province and the patient…
New AI scribe reduces paperwork: 10,000 free licenses available
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President’s message: A bold vision for our future
…octors are leaders, innovators and proponents of an accessible, integrated healthcare system. Deepen physician engagement: Physicians can shape the future of our profession and we want to help them do that. Redefine our collective work: We must build strong partnerships to accelerate healthcare reform and future-proof family medicine. This will be a mammoth undertaking, but I have no doubt we can achieve it. We are the largest body of physicians i…
Fee change: Expanding Access to Vasectomies
…ode change (13655) BC Family Doctors has been working with the Ministry of Health to improve vasectomy compensation, building on our previous contraception work. Our goal is to make it possible for physicians to provide more vasectomies and encourage more physicians to learn how to perform this procedure. 13655 FP vasectomy bonus associated with bilateral vasectomy……………$45.45 There is no maximum for the number of vasectomy bonuses that can be bil…
Your voice matters: Join a BC Family Doctors committee
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New primary care report highlights LFP impact
…s on the progress being made to increase access to care for British Columbians, with a focus on the state of team-based care models and health human resources. Read the report here….
Have Your Say on the College’s HPOA Bylaws
…of Physicians and Surgeons of BC has developed draft bylaws to put the new Health Professions and Occupations Act (HPOA) into action. Doctors of BC is preparing a submission letter in response and wants to hear directly from you before they finalize their letter to the College. This is our opportunity to help shape how the HPOA legislation will be implemented by the College. Your input will help strengthen Doctors of BC’s submission letter to ensu…
Seeking family doctors at Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality
…doctors to lease and operate a family practice in the Sun Peaks Community Health Centre. This is your opportunity to join the Sun Peaks community and the Lower Thompson Primary Care Network, with supportive referral pathways in Kamloops. Your independent practice will serve 1,500 local residents and thousands of seasonal visitors, supported by a modern, partially-equipped clinic and negotiable municipal subsidies. You will also have collegial spe…
Administrative workload in primary care reaches crisis levels
…s, purpose-built technology and stronger support for administrative staff by investing in training, tools and retention strategies. This study provides a evidence-based foundation for policymakers, health administrators and clinical leaders to advance meaningful reforms that value and support the administrative work essential to continuous, coordinated patient care….
LFP Payment Model: Supporting Vasectomy Care
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Understanding the LFP Panel Payment: What Physicians Need to Know
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Ask your mayor to make room for primary care
…government to work with municipalities and developers to include community health clinic spaces in new developments. This would mean developers have to build clinic-ready space in new developments like large condominiums. We also want the Province’s support through infrastructure funding and other subsidies. While the province’s new payment model has successfully added 1,000 new family doctors, many of you struggle to find affordable, suitable cli…
Opportunistic salpingectomy: What You Need to Know
…es Support Cancer Prevention Effective February 15, 2025, the Ministry of Health implemented new billing policies to encourage this procedure: Opportunistic salpingectomy is no longer considered “incidental” to other abdominal surgeries, enabling it to be billed in addition to the primary procedure. When performing a salpingectomy with another surgical procedure, surgeons can bill the salpingectomy at 50% using fee codes 04003, 04041, or 04042…