The Practice Support Program (PSP), funded by Doctors of BC and the BC Government through the General Practice Services Committee (GPSC), provides a range of activities and supports to help physicians and medical office assistants (MOAs) build and enhance their practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 25th update: This webinar series will now be starting in September 2020. To view and register for the new dates, please click here.
After a successful first year, the GPSC will continue to offer its billing education webinars about GPSC incentive fees and select MSP fees for all family physicians.
Below are descriptions of the webinars, the new scheduled dates will be made available soon.
November 3, 2020 update: GPSC’s Community Longitudinal Family Physician Payment (CLFP Payment) now includes new to practice family physicians who provide longitudinal care
The GPSC’s first Community Longitudinal Family Physician (CLFP) Payment will be paid to eligible family physicians on January 15, 2020 by MSP Teleplan. The January 15 MSP remittance statement was available to physicians as of January 13, 2020.
The GPSC is offering a billing education webinar focused team-based care billing on:
January 21, 2020 at 6pm | Register
(The event has passsed; registration is closed)
Family physicians working in teams, including physicians who are part of primary care networks, are encouraged to participate to learn more about both MSP fees and GPSC incentives that support team-based care.
Led by physician educators, the 90-minute webinar will review:
The GPSC recognizes that doctors and health care team members invest significant time to ensure that practices run smoothly and efficiently.
To better support quality improvement (QI) activities, the Practice Support Program (PSP) has updated how it compensates and certifies family physicians and eligible team members who engage in this work.
The GPSC is offering a billing education webinar focused on both MSP fees and GPSC incentives that support doctors to work in team-based care environments.
All family doctors are invited to the 90-minute webinar on:
Tuesday, Nov 26 at 6pm | Register
Led by physician educators, the webinar will review:
Doctors and practice teams can now hear from their patients about their experiences and interactions with a family practice using the new GPSC Patient Experience Tool.
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PSP has streamlined how doctors can receive Mainpro+ credits for participating in quality improvement (QI) activities through the program.
Effective November 1, 2019, changes to PSP’s certification will:
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