September 25, 2023

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The Provincial Attachment System is live

The new Provincial Attachment System’s Panel Registry and Clinic and Provider Registry have officially launched for providers. 

With the launch of the PAS, we are working to better coordinate the attachment of patients with family doctors who have capacity to expand their panels, and to understand capacity in the system and measure our progress. We want to make it easier for patients who don’t have a family doctor to connect to one, for doctors to bring new patients into their practices, and for communities and the wider system to better understand capacity and plan more effectively. 

The PAS will continue to evolve over the next few months based on your feedback. 

As a reminder: 

• No doctors will be forced to increase their panel size.
• No doctors will be forced to take on new patients.
• The final decision on whether a new patient is a good match is left with the physician and the patient.

To help you navigate this new system, please review the following: 

• PAS access steps
• PAS training materials for all physicians  
• PAS information for LFP enrolled physicians
• PAS information for family physicians on other payment models (i.e., Fee-for-Service, AP)

How to access the PAS

To learn more about the steps for accessing the PAS, go here. There is also an infographic that shows the access steps. 

Training materials and resources 

Our intent is to have a system that is intuitive and easy to use. To fully support you with the new PAS, the Ministry of Health has produced a range of training materials and supports that are now available.

Training and Technical Support:

Quick Start User Guides (12 Guides are 2–4-minute reading time) found in the PAS Knowledge Base: Easy to read and quick to access, the User Guides will get you up and running on the PAS.  

Short, Topic-Focused Videos (< 2 minutes) found in the PAS Knowledge Base: Designed to reinforce key steps covered in the User Guides, these bite-sized videos offer quick reminders for various PAS functions.

One-Hour Virtual Instructor-Led Training Sessions: Join your peers for interactive online sessions, to accommodate your busy schedule. These sessions, held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, before and after clinic hours, and during lunchtime, will guide you through PAS usage. Register for these Zoom sessions here.

Open Office Hours: For quick guidance and targeted training, drop in during Open Office Hours on Monday and Friday mornings from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM PST. Please use this link to access the sessions. 

A webinar was recently held on the PAS, and you can view the recording. You can also visit Doctors of BC’s PAS webpage that includes an overview on the PAS, resources, and a Q&A. We’ll continue to update this page with the latest information in the coming days and weeks. 

PAS information for physicians enrolled in the LFP Payment Model 

The PAS information is slightly different for physicians billing under the LFP Payment Model and other payment models. If you are not enrolled in the LFP Payment Model, please refer to the section on other payment models below. As part of the PAS, physicians billing under the LFP Payment Model have committed to submitting a list of empanelled patients to MSP Teleplan by October 31, 2023 or within three months of enrolment, whichever is later. Providers who submitted their panels before late August will see them in the Panel Registry in the PAS. 

Learn more about the PAS and how to access it, payment information, and how to submit your patient panels here. 

PAS information for longitudinal family physicians that are not enrolled in the LFP Payment Model (i.e., Fee-for-Service, AP)

Longitudinal family physicians on Fee-for-Service or AP (alternative payments) models are being asked to participate in the new Provincial Attachment System (PAS). 

Longitudinal family physicians who are not enrolled in the LFP Payment Model will need to submit their list of empanelled patients to MSP Teleplan by December 31, 2023, to be eligible for the Panel Registry Payment. There are supports available to assist family physicians in cleaning up their panel, preparing for panel submission, and submitting their panel. More details will be communicated soon.

Participation in the PAS will be part of the eligibility requirements for the Community Longitudinal Family Physician (CLFP) Payment this year. In the future, CLFP Payments (for Fee-For-Service physicians and eligible AP physicians) will be calculated based on panel data in the PAS. It is important that physicians populate their panel data into the PAS for accurate calculation of future CLFP Payments. More information about the details of the claims process will be shared soon. 

The PAS is another step in our journey to revitalize and strengthen family medicine.

It will:

• Help unattached patients who need a family doctor.
• Help doctors who are building new practices or expanding their panels.
• Measure system progress and identify capacity so that communities can more effectively plan for the future.

Learn more about the PAS and how to clean up and submit your patient panels, as well as more information on this year’s CLFP Payments and how they are related to the PAS here.

For additional information or support on the PAS, contact: 

Email: HealthBcSupport@phsa.ca

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