News
May 17, 2024
May 19 is World and BC Family Doctors Day, and we gratefully acknowledge and celebrate the work of our family doctors, both locally and around the world. Thank you for your incredible contributions to primary care, your compassion and strength, and your unwavering commitment and dedication to your patients in this time of constant change and transformation.
May 17, 2024
Physicians and eligible team members who participate in quality improvement (QI) projects through FPSC’s Practice Support Program (PSP) can receive support, compensation and certification when making improvements toward practicing more efficiently and providing comprehensive and accessible care.
April 30, 2024
The Practice Support Program (PSP) is launching a new service offering focused on supporting family physicians through the phases of panel management in a group setting. These sessions will be specific to your EMR platform and teach the essentials needed to:
April 08, 2024
Dr Leo Dai’s workday doesn’t end when his Burnaby clinic closes. The family physician works late into the night poring over lab reports and updating charts for his 2,000 patients. It has been that way for the past decade because a full panel means he has no choice. But thanks to the Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) Payment Model, Dr Dai now has more help. Since the LFP came into effect in February 2023, Dr Dai has recruited five full-time equivalents of family doctors to his clinic.
March 28, 2024
As of April 1, 2024, there will be a JCC rate increase of 3% for family physicians and specialist physicians who participate in quality and system improvement activities on behalf of the JCCs. In late March we were advised by the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) of the Physician Master Agreement (PMA) cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase for this year, hence the late notice for the increase to rates for April 1st.