Updated March 4, 2024
The Family Practice Services Committee is evolving its funding supports for inpatient care to align with the LFP Payment Model, which will include these services in June 2024. For more information about the LFP Payment Model, visit the Doctors of BC website (login required).
For more information about FPSC support, please email fp.billing@doctorsofbc.ca.
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Direct funding to family physicians
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Inpatient Care Network Incentives
The inpatient care incentives (14086, 14088) recognize the importance of continuous family physician-patient relationships including inpatient care and coordination of patient transitions between hospitals and community. The inpatient care incentives promote and support family physicians who participate in FPSC's Inpatient Care Initiative by providing inpatient care to their own patients, and those family physicians who additionally care for unassigned inpatients.
Important notice: The FP Assigned Inpatient Care Network (14086) payments will end on June 30, 2024. The final billing date for H14086 is April 1, 2024 and is paid for the subsequent quarter (April 1- June 30, 2024). From July 2024, the new FPSC Inpatient Care On-Call/Availability Funding will be available and administered by divisions of family practice to compensate for family physicians on call. While a physician is on-call, all patient services they provide will be compensated by the LFP Payment Model or any other payment model (e.g., fee-for-service or AP contract) that the physician is compensated by.
- FPSC Inpatient Care Billing Guide (14086, 14088).
- FPSC Assigned Inpatient Network Registration Form (14086).
- FPSC Unassigned Inpatient Network Registration Form (14088).
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Funding to divisions of family practice
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Inpatient Care Bridge Funding
FPSC Bridge Funding for Inpatient Care is available from April 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024. It is intended to help communities maintain inpatient care services until a long term payment model (e.g., LFP Payment Model) is implemented for inpatient care. The bridge funding is intended to be temporary financial support to maintain current service levels. It is not intended to fund a long-term model for inpatient care.
Application deadline: Divisions of family practice will receive an email from FPSC's Primary Care Transformation team in March 2024 with instructions on how to apply. Divisions must submit their completed funding request form by April 30, 2024.
The funding must be paid to physicians although divisions may allocate up to 10% for administration expenses. FPSC will provide divisions with additional payment parameters to ensure proposed payments to physicians align with provincial payment standards for inpatient care. Please see the FAQ document for more details.
Each eligible division of family practice will determine the eligibility criteria for family physicians participating in the division's inpatient care program. FPSC will provide divisions with additional payment parameters to ensure proposed payments to physicians are equitable throughout the province for inpatient care. Please see the FAQ document for more details.
Questions? Email FP.billing@doctorsofbc.ca.
Unassigned Inpatient Care ("GU") Incentive
The FPSC Unassigned Inpatient Care Network Incentive is a quarterly lump sum incentive based on the annual volume of unassigned inpatients and is available for each hospital with a community family-physician-run unassigned inpatient care model.
Important notice: The FP Unassigned Inpatient Care Network ("GU") Incentive will end in July 2024. The final GU payment will be paid to divisions of family practice or self-organizing groups in July 2024. From July 2024, physician on-call time will be compensated via the new FPSC Inpatient Care On-Call/Availability Funding administered by divisions of family practice. While a physician is on-call, all patient services they provide will be compensated by the LFP Payment Model or any other payment model (e.g., fee-for-service or AP contract) that the physician is compensated by.