News
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.
March 05, 2024
Updated July 29, 2024 The Family Practice Services Committee (FPSC) is evolving its funding supports for inpatient and long-term care to align with the LFP Payment Model, which will include these services in June 2024. For the divisions of family practice and physicians, the changes will mean:
March 05, 2024
Updated July 19, 2024 The following message from the FPSC Co-Chairs was sent on March 5, 2024 to family physicians and the divisions of family practice. Evolving FPSC funding supports for inpatient & long-term care: Aligning with the LFP Payment Model. Dear Colleagues,
January 24, 2024
The Family Practice Services Committee (FPSC) is pleased to announce that the After Hours Care program pilot, initially set to end March 19, 2024, is transitioning to an ongoing program and expanding to a new region, providing certainty to participating family physicians, nurse practitioners, and their patients.
December 20, 2023
As we approach the end of 2023, we’d like to thank you for your dedication and your contributions to patients, families, and community. We appreciate all of the hard work that you’re doing in your communities across BC for family practice and for patients in primary care. Over the past year, we’ve seen major transformations in primary care. We know there isn’t one solution to all of the challenges in family practice now, and that’s why Doctors of BC and the Ministry of Health continue to work together on many fronts to improve primary care. These are all pieces of the puzzle.