News
December 18, 2020
To support interprofessional care during COVID-19, until further notice, doctors can submit 14029 for chronic disease management visits provided via telehealth by an allied care provider. The change is effective June 1, 2020 and doctors may bill 14029 retroactively. Additionally, new clarifications are now available on the appropriate use of fee codes 14076 and 13706 (the family physician-patient telephone management fee and the family physician delegated patient telehealth management fee, respectively). Please see below for details on these fee code updates.
November 23, 2020
Updated Dec 18, 2020 Initially approved by GPSC in 2019, new rules for family physicians billing codes 14070 and 14071 take effect January 1, 2021. Changes include a new definition for Community Longitudinal Family Physician (CLFP) in the GPSC Preamble. Physicians need to ensure they meet the new rules when billing 14070 and 14071. The new rules can be found below.
November 03, 2020
The Specialist Services (SSC) and the Shared Care Committees are pleased to sponsor 100 specialists and 100 family physicians in BC respectively via their Physician Leadership Scholarship fund to participate virtually at the IHI
November 03, 2020
A dedicated family physician practicing in Fort St. James, Dr Anthon Meyer started as co-chair of the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC) in June 2020. The Update newsletter sat down with Dr Meyer and talked with him about his leadership style, what the GPSC is doing to support family doctors during this pandemic, and his views on what the future holds. What follows is a condensed version of that conversation.
October 26, 2020
Primary care networks (PCN) have enabled the Burnaby Division of Family Practice to implement programs and supports that address the health care needs of both the homeless and underhoused population and those who suffer from opioid use disorder. In March of this year, the Burnaby PCNs acted quickly to respond to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, as people in both groups targeted by these programs and supports are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19.