News

January 17, 2019

Many doctors are using accurate panel information to inform and plan proactive patient care as part of their move towards patient medical homes. Watch the 90-second video below about how a Cowichan Valley family doctor more than doubled the number of pneumococcal vaccine EMR records in about two months using the GPSC’s Panel Management Workbook and PSP’s Phases to Panel Management approach.

January 02, 2019

GPs are reminded to submit the GPSC Portal (G14070) or GPSC Locum Portal fee (G14071) at the start of the new year. Submitting G14070/71 enables GPs to bill the following fee codes:• G14075 GP Frailty Complex Care Planning and Management Fee.• G14076 GP Patient Telephone Management Fee.• G14077 GP Allied Care Provider Conferencing Fee.• G14078 GP Email/Text/Telephone Medical Advice Relay Fee.• G14029 GP Allied Care Provider Practice Code. To avoid billing refusal, GPs will need to bill G14070/71 as follows:

December 14, 2018

Physician networks are formal or informal relationships through which doctors support each other with clinical services to meet the comprehensive care needs of their patients, and a key element of a patient medical home.

November 29, 2018

The GPSC is partnering with the SGP to host a webinar series for new-to-practice GPs about billing GPSC incentive fees in its continued efforts to support GPs to bill GPSC fees. Inspired by the Vancouver Division’s offering and based on physician feedback, the three-part series will be available to physicians who are new to practice. For this series, a new-to-practice GP is:

November 29, 2018

Specialists have an important role in PCNs and work is underway to enhance GPs and specialists collaboration in support of PCNs’ goals at an early stage. Read more on the Doctors of BC website.