News
February 26, 2018
A “one-for-all” approach to GP recruitment on Vancouver Island has yielded success and a model for regional collaboration elsewhere in BC.
January 01, 2018
Family doctors are reminded to submit the GPSC Portal (G14070) or GPSC Locum Portal fee (G14071) at the start of the new year. Effective January 1, 2018, GPs will need to bill G14070/71 in the following way to avoid billing refusal. Changes for 2018 are highlighted in red. PHN#: 9753035697Patient Surname: PortalFirst Name: GPSCDate of Birth: January 1, 2013ICD9 Code: 780
December 19, 2017
As the opioid crisis continues in BC, it’s projected that there will be more than 1,500 overdose deaths by December 31, 2017.
December 08, 2017
To help reduce the impact of retirement on physicians and their patients, a number of divisions of family practice have collected and/or created resources to help physicians prepare for retirement. These include resources that support GPs to incorporate succession planning into their practices and to optimize their practices as they move toward retirement. Additional support strategies include mentoring and matchmaking between new-to-practice doctors and retiring GPs. See here for more information.
December 08, 2017
The committee is pleased to welcome Ted Patterson as the new GPSC Ministry of Health co-chair and Dr Mitch Fagan as the a new Doctors of BC representative.