Primary care is changing and from now through September, all BC family doctors will have an opportunity to share their ideas about how they want to practice and care for their patients in the future.
The GPSC recognizes the pressure on divisional infrastructure and A GP for Me budgets due to the 5.8% increase in sessional fees made effective April 1, 2015. At its April meeting, the committee agreed to provide divisions an increase in these budgets for the 2015/16 fiscal year to cover the difference in fees. Details of this support are covered below.
As the GPSC begins to plan for its priorities for the next three years and beyond, the GPSC wants to engage family doctors every step of the visioning process.
To begin the work, the GPSC is convening a visioning steering committee that will:
The GPSC is delighted to welcome Dr Fiona Duncan as a Doctors of BC representative to the Committee. Dr Duncan has been very involved in the A GP For Me Working Group, and now co-chairs that working group.
The GPSC is pleased to introduce a new fee code, 14019, that supports collaboration between family physicians and nurse practitioners (NPs).
Guided by physician voices, the GPSC is pleased to introduce a new fee code, 14019, that supports collaboration between family physicians and nurse practitioners (NPs).
The new $40 fee code will be effective January 1, 2015. Funding has been approved to December 31, 2015 and will then be evaluated for its usefulness by the GPSC. Watch for fee details in the MSP Broadcast in mid-December.
On November 14, 2014, Dr Garey Mazowita was elected as the president of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) for 2014-15.
Globe and Mail, Thursday July 3, 2014
A culture change has been quietly transforming health care in the British Columbia, replacing past animosity and rancour between doctors and government with a new climate of co-operation – and B.C. patients are the winners.
EvidenceNetwork.ca By Marcus Hollander and Garey Mazowita
A version of this commentary appeared in the Hill Times, Toronto Star and the Sudbury Star
Recently hundreds of people lined up for hours outside a new medical clinic near Ottawa, all hoping to get a family doctor.
Four new In-patient Care incentives have been successfully rolled-out across BC since their April 1, 2013 introduction, with support from the province’s 33 divisions of family practice.