FPSC

The Ministry of Health has announced a change in its membership on the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC). The change brings broader membership that will help to better position the committee in a strategic leadership role for Primary Care Networks and team-based care, in addition to supporting the ongoing priority of supporting physicians in the adoption of the patient medical home attributes. 
 
The new Ministry of Health members are:

PSP understands family doctors and team members invest significant time in ensuring that practices run as smoothly and efficiently as possible.

Family practice teams are expanding, and family physicians and other team members are increasingly focused on quality improvement (QI) activities. In recognition of this, PSP has updated how it compensates family physicians and team members for these activities.^*

Changes to PSP’s compensation policy are based on feedback from family physicians and are effective June 15, 2019

Update: January 21, 2020
Eligible family doctors who provide maternity care and in-hospital care received retroactive payments on their January 15, 2020 remittance statement for the rate increases introduced by the GPSC last year. Retroactive payments are identified by adjustment code “80.” The MSP system has been updated with the new rates since December 2019. The rate increases have been paid retroactively to April 1, 2019.

Family doctors are invited to join a four-part webinar series about billing GPSC fees to:

• Increase confidence when billing GPSC incentives.
• Better support appropriate billing.
• Improve understanding about fee rules.
• Not miss billing for additional services.

Based on physician feedback, the GPSC and SGP are expanding their series from new-to-practice to all family doctors and their MOAs. The webinars were first presented to new-to-practice GPs in winter 2018 and spring 2019.

Doctors Technology Office (DTO) has launched the Clinic IT Support Community Initiative in response to physician requests for increased support with their IT needs.

The community holds monthly learning sessions and facilitates knowledge sharing for IT vendors.

The sessions will highlight access to online resources materials and members will be provided with a quarterly newsletter. Read more.

Watch the 90-second video below about how Dr Steve Hansen and his team members at their Langley clinic have significantly enhanced the efficiency of their practice using skills and knowledge acquired through working with the Practice Support Program (PSP).

The GPSC is hosting a series of webinars about data tools that can support physicians in their practices, and the development of patient medical homes and primary care networks.

The GPSC has made the following changes to its Panel Management Workbook and Panel Development Incentive claim forms that are effective June 10, 2019:

With a busy office schedule providing full service medical care to their patients in the suburban community of Fort Langley and at Langley Memorial Hospital, a group of seven physicians have all either completed, or are close to completing, PSP's panel management process.

Watch the 90-second video below about how an Abbotsford family doctor and his MOA are using their data for proactive care and practice improvements, including:

• flagging more patients who need chronic disease management.
• keeping medications up to date.
• catching incentive fee billings they missed in the past.

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