New payment model for family doctors enrolls over 2,000 onto new program
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PRINCE GEORGE — Over a month after the launch of a new payment model designed to recruit and retain physicians to family medicine, initial results are looking positive.
Doctors of BC, a voluntary association of around 14,000 physicians, residents and medical students in BC, says that over 2000 family doctors have enrolled in the new Longitudinal Family Practice (LFP) model. Out of that 2000, 149 are new doctors or those returning to family practice. The new payment model was developed by Doctors of BC, BC Family Doctors and the provincial government to address the stability and sustainability of family medicine, providing patients with improved access to primary care.
Dr. Joshua Greggain, president of Doctors of BC, says that they “are pleased with the response to the new model which represents a significant shift in in the way we practice.”
