Eligible family physicians are reminded to submit the GPSC Portal (G14070) or GPSC Locum Portal Code (G14071) at the start of the new year.

Submission of G14070 signifies that a family physician is:

• Providing full-service family practice services to patients and will continue to do so for the duration of that calendar year.
• Confirming doctor-patient relationship with existing patients through a standardized conversation or “compact.”

Submission of G14071 signifies that a family practitioner is:

• Providing full-service family practice services to the patients of host physicians who have submitted G14070, and will continue to do so for the locum coverage.

Submitting G14070/G14071 enables family practitioners to be eligible to bill the following fee codes:

• G14075 GP Frailty Complex Care Planning and Management Fee
• G14076 GP Patient Telephone Management Fee
• G14077 GP Allied Care Provider Conferencing Fee
• G14078 GP Email/Text/Telephone Medical Advice Relay Fee
• G14029 GP Allied Care Provider Practice Code

Additionally, submitting G14070 on an annual basis is a requirement of the new GPSC Community Longitudinal Family Physician Payment. Visit http://gpscbc.ca/news/news/new-payment-support-longitudinal-care [10] for more information.

To avoid billing refusals, family practitioners need to bill G14070/71 following this example:

• PHN#: 9753035697
• Patient surname: Portal
• First name: GPSC
• Date of birth: January 1, 2013
• ICD9 Code: 780

For further details about G14070/G14071 in the GPSC Billing Guide–Portal, visit www.gpscbc.ca/what-we-do/longitudinal-care/incentive-program/billing-guides [11].