Webinar series: Learn more about billing GPSC fees

Issue: BCMJ, vol. 61, No. 7, September 2019, Page 279 News

Family doctors are invited to join a four-part webinar series about billing GPSC fees to:

  • Increase confidence when billing GPSC incentives.
  • Better support appropriate billing.
  • Improve understanding about fee rules.
  • Not miss billing for additional services.

Based on physician feedback, the GPSC and SGP are expanding their series from new-to-practice to all family doctors and their MOAs. The webinars were first presented to new-to-practice GPs in winter 2018 and spring 2019.

Led by physician educators, each 90-minute webinar will be cumulative and content-specific. Space is limited. To register, visit www.gpscbc.ca. Here are the details about each webinar:

Introduction to MSP Billing for Family Practice: 17 September at 6 p.m. 

  • Basic visit (00100 series)
  • Complete physical (00101)
  • Counseling (00120)
  • House calls
  • WorkSafe BC and ICBC visits

GPSC Billing Part 1: 1 October at 6 p.m. 

  • GPSC Portal (G14070, G14071)
  • Mental Health Planning and Management (14043-14048)
  • Palliative Care planning (G14063)
  • Prevention (G14066)

GPSC Billing Part 2: 24 October at 6 p.m.

  • GPSC Portal Recap
  • Complex Care Planning (14033, 14075) 
  • CDM (14050-14053, 14029)

GPSC Billing Part 3: 20 November at 6 p.m. 

  • Communicating with patients (G14076, G14078, 14023)
  • Conferencing about patients (G14077, 13005, G14018)
  • Providing advice to another provider about a patient (13005, G14019, 14021, 14022)

For more information, contact gpsc.billing@doctorsofbc.ca.

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