It was announced earlier today that BC’s Health Care is expected to get a boost in the form of a new payment model for doctors.
This new model is expected to provide more enticing offers in order to attract more doctors to BC as well as give more incentive for doctors to stick around in BC.
The new payment model was co-developed by Doctors of BC, BC Family Doctors and the Province and it will officially be put into place in February of next year.
It will provide another option for family doctors that departs from the fee-for-service model under which doctors are paid based primarily on the number of patients they see in a day.
The new version will account for the time a doctor spends with a patient, the number of patients a doctor sees in a day, the number of patients a doctor supports through their office, the complexity of the issues a patient is facing and administrative costs currently paid directly by family doctors.
Overall, the updated model is expected to give more equitable payouts to family doctors and better recognize their value in providing full-service primary care to patients.
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