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June 08, 2020
New Westminster-based Dr John Yap remembers the exact date he and his four colleagues knew the way they provide care was about to change dramatically: Friday, March 13. “We got official word to consider shifting to virtual care to help curtail COVID-19,” said Dr Yap. “The following Monday, we showed up to work as usual but as patients started cancelling their appointments, we realized we had to adapt, and quickly.”
June 08, 2020
For current information regarding the GPSC's Practice Support Program (PSP), please visit the PSP webpage. As family practices expand in-person care as the COVID-19 restrictions ease, the GPSC’s Practice Support Program (PSP) can help the clinic develop a work safe restart plan, and also support physicians in transitioning their practices into a hybrid delivery model combining virtual and in-person care.
June 08, 2020
You could say that, for Dr Sari Cooper, medicine is in her blood. Her experiences as a young girl while her brother, who is hemophiliac, was in and out of hospital for treatments, and then her family’s firsthand experience with the tainted blood scandal, left a life-long impression. The hospital waiting room, and connecting with doctors and nurses, became an integral part of her growing up years. “It was really scary for my family, from the ages of 12 to 17, we did not know whether he had contracted HIV,” said Dr Cooper.
June 05, 2020
Please read the GPSC's Community Longitudinal Family Physician (CLFP) Payment webpage for updated information on the CLFP Payment.
June 02, 2020
On May 28, 2020, the GPSC and BC Family Doctors hosted a live webinar to discuss new temporary billing changes effective June 1, 2020. These changes include new age-adjusted Telehealth fees and temporary changes to chronic disease management (CDM) visits and 14066 in-person requirements. To support family physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic, GPSC billing educators covered the June 1 changes, other COVID-19 related fee changes affecting family physicians, and Pathways tools for COVID-19 care.