Funding Opportunities

Updated July 19, 2024

Current FPSC funding opportunities

FPSC Transition Funding for Inpatient Care

Available from now until December 31, 2024 to help communities maintain inpatient care services during the transition to LFP-facility billing along with the evolution of FPSC supports. This time-limited funding consolidates and replaces bridge and stabilization funding and the additional transition funding supports previously announced for October to December. The maximum transition funding amount per hospital location is equivalent to current FPSC inpatient care funding (bridge + stabilization + unassigned inpatient care network) and is intended to be applied if needed to help maintain current inpatient care service levels, including to unassigned patients.   

Application deadline: August 30, 2024.

FPSC's Primary Care Transformation team will email divisions of family practice in July 2024 with instructions on how to apply. Divisions must submit their completed funding request form by August 30, 2024.   

The funding and reporting requirements are posted here. 

Questions? Email FP.billing@doctorsofbc.ca

Maternity Care for BC (MC4BC)

Application deadline: Ongoing

Recognizing the importance of providing obstetrical care in practices, Maternity Care for BC (MC4BC) supports family doctors to strengthen their obstetrical knowledge and skills through hands-on experience, peer mentorship, and financial compensation.

Family doctors who currently provide (or intend to provide) maternity services, including antepartum, labour and delivery, postpartum, and/or breast-feeding care, are eligible to participate in MC4BC.

MC4BC is customizable to meet family doctors where they are in their careers. Participants embark on financially supported, self-directed learning journeys to gain the experience and training best suited for them. The program offers participants flexibility with learning objectives, training schedules, training locations, and timelines.

Nearly 100% of participants surveyed agree that MC4BC increased their confidence to practice obstetrics.

To apply, complete and submit: MC4BC Information Package. 

Applications are accepted in order of receipt and reviewed monthly by the MC4BC subcommittee, who recommends applicants to FPSC for approval.

Questions? Email the MC4BC program administrator for more info.
Past FPSC funding opportunities

FPSC Long-term Care Grant

The Long-term Care Grant provides a $5000 payment to family physicians who are providing long-term care services. The grant is intended to support family physicians to maintain long-term care services until a long-term payment model is implemented for long-term care.

To be eligible for the grant, family physicians must meet all the following requirements:

Be actively participating in the FPSC Long-term Care Initiative (LTCI) as of April 1, 2024 and providing long-term care services according to the following best practice expectations:

  • 24/7 availability (as a collective group) and on-site attendance when required.

  • Proactive visits to residents.

  • Meaningful medication reviews.

  • Completed documentation.

  • Attendance at case conferences.

Provide MRP care for a minimum of five long-term care beds (as individual or as group in same long-term care facility) as of April 1, 2024.

Commit to maintaining long-term care services according to LTCI best practice expectations until June 30, 2024.

Questions? Email FP.billing@doctorsofbc.ca

Application deadline was: May 30, 2024. In early March 2024, FPSC emailed information about applying for the one-time Long-term Care Grant to family physicians who are actively participating in the FPSC Long-term Care Initiative and providing long-term care services.

FPSC Long-term Care Grant FAQs (Updated February 21, 2024). announces $29M one-time funding to stabilize inpatient, long-term & maternity care (May 30, 2023).

  • Physicians in group applications can only receive the grant once and will no longer be eligible for additional grants.

Family doctors could submit group applications for the FPSC Long-term Care Grant. Doctors working in teams to provide MRP (most responsible physician) care for five or more long-term care beds in the same long-term care facility (as of April 1, 2024) are eligible to claim a single collective grant of $5000.

The group must designate a single doctor to receive the grant, which can then be distributed based on the group's internal arrangement. Applications must include the names and MSP numbers of all physicians in the group.

 

FPSC Maternity Care Network Grant 

The Maternity Care Network Grant provides $5000 to family physicians who are actively participating in the FPSC Maternity Care Network Initiative and who commit to continuing to participate in the FPSC Maternity Care Network Initiative until June 30, 2024. The grant is intended to support family physicians to maintain maternity care services in hospital until a long-term payment model is implemented for maternity care in hospital.

Application deadline was: May 30, 2024. In early March 2024, FPSC emailed information about applying for the maternity grant to family physicians who are actively participating in the FPSC Maternity Care Network Initiative.

FPSC Maternity Care Network Grant FAQs (Updated March 1, 2024).

FPSC announces $29M one-time funding to stabilize inpatient, long-term & maternity care (May 30, 2023).

 

Questions? Email FP.billing@doctorsofbc.ca

 

FPSC Funding For PCN Perinatal Planning

Application deadline was: January 9, 2023.

FPSC made $1-million in funding available to divisions of family practice to support a process for engaging family doctors in planning to optimize and integrate tier-1 maternity and newborn services into current and future PCNs.

Divisions will be permitted to carry over PCN Perinatal Community Integration funding to the end of 2023/24. Divisions who have not yet applied for this funding are encouraged to send in their applications by March 31, 2023. Funding must be used by March 31, 2024.