Maternity Care

Maternity Care for BC (MC4BC)

For information about Maternity Care for BC (MC4BC), please visit this webpage.

FPSC Maternity Care Network

The FPSC Maternity Care Network Payment (previously 14010) supports family physicians providing full-scope maternity care to patients in their community in working together. Eligible FPs who meet the eligibility criteria can receive up to $8,400 per year ($2,100/quarter). Payments will be remitted on a quarterly basis. Physicians who submit their claim forms by the specified deadlines below can expect to receive their quarterly instalments by the respective payment dates:

Note: Beginning April 1, 2026, the network payment amount will increase to $12,800 per year ($3,200/quarter).  The Rural Retention Program fee premium will also be applied to eligible rural communities.

Eligibility Requirements 

To be eligible as a member of the network, you must meet the following eligibility criteria for the duration of each payment period: 

• Be a family physician in active practice in BC. 
• Have hospital privileges to provide obstetrical care. 
• Be associated and registered with a minimum of three other network members (special consideration will be given in those hospital communities with fewer than four doctors providing maternity care. Please contact fp.billing@doctorsofbc.ca to request special consideration). 
• Cooperate with other members of the network to undertake all activities of a “clinical network”, including making arrangements for member(s) to provide clinically appropriate care to patients of the network. A clinical network is defined as a group of clinical providers working together to:
  • Arrange clinically appropriate care to patients (24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year). This may be done by: 
    • Setting up a call group to enable patient access to clinically appropriate care. 
    • Arranging for cross-coverage and/or locum coverage when provider(s) are away. 
    • Share clinical records or other relevant information to support the continuity of care when patient care transitions from one provider to another.
  • Provide peer support to other providers in the network.
• Make patients aware of the members of the network and the support specialists who are available for complicated cases. 
• Accept a reasonable number of referrals of pregnant patients from doctors who do not have hospital privileges to deliver babies. 
  • Please note that the preferred first visit to the doctor planning to deliver the baby is no later than 12 weeks of pregnancy and the referring doctor may, with the agreement of the delivering doctor, provide a portion of the prenatal care); 
• Share prenatal records (real or virtual) with other members of the network as practical, with the expectation to work toward utilizing an electronic prenatal record. 
• Schedule at least four deliveries in each six-month period (April to September, October to March). 

Please note the Maternity Care Network is payable for participation in the network activity for most of the calendar quarter (50% plus 1 day). 

Please note that physicians who are substituting on a temporary basis for another physician who is away from practice for a defined time-period are not eligible to claim this payment. In these situations, host physician can continue to claim the payment directly and distribute it to their locum physician based on internal arrangements.  

Physicians who provide services on a long-term basis (e.g., as a “practice associate” or “long term locum”) may claim this payment directly, provided they meet all eligibility requirements. If you have questions about your eligibility for this payment, please contact fp.billing@doctorsofbc.ca. 

Steps to claim payment

Eligible physicians will receive an invitation email in January 2026 with instructions for claiming the payment, as well as a quarterly email confirming that they continue to meet the eligibility criteria. If you believe that you are eligible for this payment but have not received an invitation email, please contact fp.billing@doctorsofbc.ca to inquire about your eligibility. 

To retroactively claim the Maternity Care Network fee (14010) prior to April 1, 2025, please review our FAQ document for instructions and/or contact fp.billing@doctorsofbc.ca for further instructions. 

Eligible physicians participating in the FPSC Maternity Care Network can continue to bill the Maternity Care Risk Assessment (14002). Please review the FPSC Maternity Care Billing Guide below for instructions for billing this fee code. 

Resources:

• FPSC Network Payment FAQs
• FPSC Maternity Care Billing Guide (14002)

Updated March 21, 2025