Creator:

British Columbia Ministry of Health Services

Geography:

North America > Canada > British Columbia

Categories:

• Healthcare Services

Tags:

• fee-for-service
• healthcare services
• pay
• payment
• salaries

Date:

2003/2004-2007/2008

URL:

http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/msp/paystats/FFS/ffs_manual.pdf

Annotation:

The Medical Services Commission (MSC) under the authority of the Medicare Protection Act administers the Medical Services Plan of British Columbia (MSP). The MSP insures registrants for medically required services provided by general practitioners, specialists and supplementary health care practitioners. The MSP pays practitioners on a fee-for-service and an alternative payment basis.