Functions of the Physician Services Committee. The Physician Services Committee, as the senior body overseeing the relationship between the Government and the Doctors of BC and the implementation and administration of this Agreement and the Physician Master Subsidiary Agreements, will, among other things: (a) provide direction to, and monitor the activities of, the other joint committees of the Government and the Doctors of BC referred to in this Agreement or the Physician Master Subsidiary Agreements, including, among other things, overseeing the work of the General Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services Committee, the Shared Care Committee, the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, and the Benefits Committee by engaging in the following process for each Fiscal Year: (i) by February 1 of each year, the Physician Services Committee will convene a meeting with the co-chairs of each of the General Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services Committee, the Shared Care Committee, the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, and the Benefits Committee during which the Government’s priorities for the health care system for the next Fiscal Year and the Strategic Plans of both the Ministry of Health and the Doctors of BC will be discussed and the possible initiatives being considered by the committee in question for the next three Fiscal Years will be identified by the co-chairs of the relevant committee, all in the context of the mandate established for the committee in question in this Agreement and/or in a Physician Master Subsidiary Agreement. After such discussion, the Physician Services Committee will provide the co-chairs with direction on the content of the written plan referenced in (ii) below which will inform priority initiatives to be addressed by the committee in the upcoming Fiscal Year, including direction on the committee’s budget for the Fiscal Year; (ii) following the meeting referred to in section 6.3(a)(i), and before March 1 of the same year, the committee in question shall submit to the Physician Services Committee a detailed written plan including a proposed budget by program and initiative and an administrative budget by program and initiative (which, for those committees covered by the Joint Clinical Committee Administration Agreement will be the budget for Administrative Costs approved under Article 5 of that Agreement) outlining the committee’s intentions to address the initiatives within its mandate to be undertaken by the committee during the Fiscal Year commencing on April 1 of the same year. The written plan will account for the distribution of all funds which have been allocated to the committee in question, both ongoing funds and funding available for one- time allocations; (iii) the Physician Services Committee will consider each plan submitted to it pursuant to section 6.3(a)(ii) by the General Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services Committee, the Shared Care Committee, and the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, and will either approve the plan or advise the committee in question of why it is unable to approve the plan in which case the committee will, within 30 days of being advised by the Physician Services Committee that it is unable to approve the plan, reconsider the plan and submit a revised plan to the Physician Services Committee for approval; (iv) where the Physician Services Committee receives a revised plan from a committee in accordance with section 6.3(a)(iii), the Physician Services Committee may approve the revised plan, in whole or in part, and if the Physician Services Committee does not approve the whole of the revised plan, unless agreed otherwise by the Government and Doctors of BC, either the Government or the Doctors of BC may refer the outstanding issues to the MSC and the MSC, or its successor, will determine the matter; (v) where the Physician Services Committee is unable to approve a plan from a committee, unless agreed otherwise by the Government and Doctors of BC either the Government or the Doctors of BC may refer the outstanding issues to the MSC and the MSC, or its successor, will determine the matter; (vi) following finalization of a committee’s plan in accordance with either section 6.3(a)(iii), (iv) or (v), the Physician Services Committee will convene at least two additional meetings with the co-chairs of each committee specifically named in section 6.3(a)(iii), to take place prior to the end of the Fiscal Year in question, during which the plan of the committee in question will be reviewed, its progress assessed and any variances addressed, including directions from the Physician Services Committee on dealing with such variances; (vii) if, during any Fiscal Year, any of the committees specifically named in section 6.3(a)(i) proposes to reallocate funds between its programs in a manner not specifically contemplated by its plan for that Fiscal Year, it shall first provide the Physician Services Committee a minimum of two
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Samples: Physician Master Agreement, Physician Master Agreement, Physician Master Agreement
Functions of the Physician Services Committee. The Physician Services Committee, as the senior body overseeing the relationship between the Government and the Doctors of BC and the implementation and administration of this Agreement and the Physician Master Subsidiary Agreements, will, among other things:
(a) provide direction to, and monitor the activities of, the other joint committees of the Government and the Doctors of BC referred to in this Agreement or the Physician Master Subsidiary Agreements, including, among other things, overseeing the work of the General Family Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services Committee, the Shared Care Committee, the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, and the Benefits Committee by engaging in the following process for each Fiscal Year:
(i) by February 1 September 30 of each year, the Physician Services Committee will may convene a meeting meeting, which may be in concert with section 6.3(a)(ix) or (xi) with the co-chairs of each of the General Family Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services Committee, the Shared Care Committee, the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, and the Benefits Committee during which to discuss current and future challenges and begin to identify priorities that may be considered for inclusion in the written plan for the next Fiscal Year for the committee in question;
(ii) by October 31 of each year, the Physician Services Committee will convene a meeting of its membership to discuss Government’s priorities for the health care system for the next Fiscal Year and Year, the Strategic Plans of both the Ministry of Health and the Doctors of BC will be BC, and potential priorities or initiatives discussed in section 6.3(a)(i) to identify potential initiatives for the Family Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services Committee, the Shared Care Committee, the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, and the possible initiatives being considered by the committee Benefits Committee in question for the next three Fiscal Years will be identified by the co-chairs of the relevant committeefiscal years, all in the context of the mandate established for the committee in question in this Agreement and/or in a Physician Master Subsidiary Agreement. After such discussion, the Physician Services Committee will provide the co-co- chairs with written guidance on priorities and initiatives for the committees up to the next three years as well as written direction on the content of the written plan referenced in (ii6.3(a)(iv) below which will inform priority initiatives to be addressed by the committee in the upcoming Fiscal Year, including direction on the committee’s budget for the upcoming Fiscal Year;
(iiiii) as part of the written direction in section 6.3(a)(ii) above, the Physician Services Committee will provide the co-chairs with direction on evaluation metrics for priority initiatives. Evaluation metrics may include metrics for both individual Joint Clinical Committees and the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, as well as shared metrics across the Joint Clinical Committees and Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, and include metrics based on the application of Triple Aim Principles;
(iv) following the meeting written direction referred to in section 6.3(a)(i6.3(a)(ii), and before March 1 December 15 of the same year, the committee in question shall submit to the Physician Services Committee a draft detailed written plan including a proposed budget by program and initiative and an administrative budget by program and initiative (which, for those committees covered by the Joint Clinical Committee Administration Agreement will be the budget for Administrative Costs approved under Article 5 of that Agreement) outlining the committee’s intentions to address the initiatives within its mandate to be undertaken by the committee during the Fiscal Year commencing on April 1 of the same next year. The written plan will account for the distribution of all funds which have been allocated to the committee in question, both ongoing funds and funding available for one- one-time allocations. The written plan will also include a detailed evaluation plan, highlighting key individual and shared metrics referenced in section 6.3(a)(iii);
(iiiv) by February 15 of each year, the Physician Services Committee will consider convene a meeting with the co-chairs of each plan submitted to it pursuant to section 6.3(a)(ii) by of the General Family Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services Committee, the Shared Care Committee, and the Joint Standing Committee on Rural IssuesIssues to discuss each draft plan submitted to it pursuant to section 6.3(a)(iv). After such discussion, the Physician Services Committee will provide the co-chairs with further direction on the content of the written plan as to allow the co- chairs to further revise content, including the development of key individual and shared metrics referenced in section 6.3(a)(iii);
(vi) following the direction referred to in section 6.3(a)(v), and before March 15 of the same year, the committee in question shall submit to the Physician Services Committee a revised written plan and budget. The Physician Services Committee will consider the revised plans and by March 31 will either approve the plan or advise the committee in question of why it is unable to approve the plan in which case the committee will, within 30 days of being advised by the Physician Services Committee that it is unable to approve the plan, reconsider the plan and submit a revised plan to the Physician Services Committee for approval;
(ivvii) where the Physician Services Committee receives a revised plan from a committee in accordance with section 6.3(a)(iii6.3(a)(vi), the Physician Services Committee may approve the revised plan, in whole or in part, and if the Physician Services Committee does not approve the whole of the revised plan, unless agreed otherwise by the Government and Doctors of BC, either the Government or the Doctors of BC may refer the outstanding issues to the MSC and the MSC, or its successor, will determine the matter;
(vviii) where the Physician Services Committee is unable to approve a plan from a committee, unless agreed otherwise by the Government and Doctors of BC either the Government or the Doctors of BC may refer the outstanding issues to the MSC and the MSC, or its successor, will determine the matter;
(viix) following finalization of a committee’s plan in accordance with either section 6.3(a)(iii), (iv6.3(a)(vi) or (vvii), the Physician Services Committee will convene at least two one additional meetings meeting with the co-chairs of each committee specifically named in section 6.3(a)(iii6.3(a)(v), to take place prior to the end of the Fiscal Year in question, during which the plan of the committee in question will be reviewed, its progress assessed and any variances addressed, including directions from the Physician Services Committee on dealing with such variances;
(viix) if, during any Fiscal Year, any of the committees specifically named in section 6.3(a)(i) proposes to reallocate funds between its programs in a manner not specifically contemplated by its plan for that Fiscal Year, it shall first provide the Physician Services Committee a minimum of two
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Samples: Physician Master Agreement, Physician Master Agreement
Functions of the Physician Services Committee. The Physician Services Committee, as the senior body overseeing the relationship between the Government and the Doctors of BC and the implementation and administration of this Agreement and the Physician Master Subsidiary Agreements, will, among other things:
(a) provide direction to, and monitor the activities of, the other joint committees of the Government and the Doctors of BC referred to in this Agreement or the Physician Master Subsidiary Agreements, including, among other things, overseeing the work of the General Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services Committee, the Shared Care Committee, the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, and the Benefits Committee by engaging in the following process for each Fiscal Year:
(i) by February 1 of each year, the Physician Services Committee will convene a meeting with the co-chairs of each of the General Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services Committee, the Shared Care Committee, the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, and the Benefits Committee during which the Government’s priorities for the health care system for the next Fiscal Year and the Strategic Plans of both the Ministry of Health and the Doctors of BC will be discussed and the possible initiatives being considered by the committee in question for the next three Fiscal Years will be identified by the co-chairs of the relevant committee, all in the context of the mandate established for the committee in question in this Agreement and/or in a Physician Master Subsidiary Agreement. After such discussion, the Physician Services Committee will provide the co-chairs with direction on the content of the written plan referenced in (ii) below which will inform priority initiatives to be addressed by the committee in the upcoming Fiscal Year, including direction on the committee’s budget for the Fiscal Year;Year;
(ii) following the meeting referred to in section 6.3(a)(i), and before March 1 of the same year, the committee in question shall submit to the Physician Services Committee a detailed written plan including a proposed budget by program and initiative and an administrative budget by program and initiative (which, for those committees covered by the Joint Clinical Committee Administration Agreement will be the budget for Administrative Costs approved under Article 5 of that Agreement) outlining the committee’s intentions to address the initiatives within its mandate to be undertaken by the committee during the Fiscal Year commencing on April 1 of the same year. The written plan will account for the distribution of all funds which have been allocated to the committee in question, both ongoing funds and funding available for one- time allocations;
(iii) the Physician Services Committee will consider each plan submitted to it pursuant to section 6.3(a)(ii) by the General Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services Committee, the Shared Care Committee, and the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, and will either approve the plan or advise the committee in question of why it is unable to approve the plan in which case the committee will, within 30 days of being advised by the Physician Services Committee that it is unable to approve the plan, reconsider the plan and submit a revised plan to the Physician Services Committee for approval;
(iv) where the Physician Services Committee receives a revised plan from a committee in accordance with section 6.3(a)(iii), the Physician Services Committee may approve the revised plan, in whole or in part, and if the Physician Services Committee does not approve the whole of the revised plan, unless agreed otherwise by the Government and Doctors of BC, either the Government or the Doctors of BC may refer the outstanding issues to the MSC and the MSC, or its successor, will determine the matter;matter;
(v) where the Physician Services Committee is unable to approve a plan from a committee, unless agreed otherwise by the Government and Doctors of BC either the Government or the Doctors of BC may refer the outstanding issues to the MSC and the MSC, or its successor, will determine the matter;
(vi) following finalization of a committee’s plan in accordance with either section 6.3(a)(iii), (iv) or (v), the Physician Services Committee will convene at least two additional meetings with the co-chairs of each committee specifically named in section 6.3(a)(iii), to take place prior to the end of the Fiscal Year in question, during which the plan of the committee in question will be reviewed, its progress assessed and any variances addressed, including directions from the Physician Services Committee on dealing with such variances;
(vii) if, during any Fiscal Year, any of the committees specifically named in section 6.3(a)(i) proposes to reallocate funds between its programs in a manner not specifically contemplated by its plan for that Fiscal Year, it shall first provide the Physician Services Committee a minimum of two
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Samples: Physician Master Agreement
Functions of the Physician Services Committee. The Physician Services Committee, as the senior body overseeing the relationship between the Government and the Doctors of BC BCMA and the implementation and administration of this Agreement and the Physician Master Subsidiary Agreements, will, among other things:
(a) provide direction to, and monitor the activities of, and provide direction to, the other joint committees of the Government and the Doctors of BC BCMA referred to in this Agreement or the Physician Master Subsidiary Agreements, including, among other things, overseeing the work of the General Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services Committee, the Clinical Support Services Committee, the Shared Care Committee, the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, and the Benefits Committee by engaging in the following process for each Fiscal Year:
(i) by February March 1 of each year, the Physician Services Committee will convene a meeting with the co-chairs of each of the General Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services Committee, the Clinical Support Services Committee, the Shared Care Committee, the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, and the Benefits Committee during which the Government’s priorities for the health care system for the next Fiscal Year and the Strategic Plans of both the Ministry of Health and the Doctors of BC will be discussed and the possible initiatives being considered by of the committee in question for the next three Fiscal Years Year will be identified by the co-chairs of the relevant committeeand discussed, all in the context of the mandate established for the committee in question in this Agreement and/or in a Physician Master Subsidiary Agreement. After such discussion, the Physician Services Committee will provide the co-chairs with direction on the content of the written plan referenced in (ii) below which will inform priority initiatives to be addressed by the committee in the upcoming Fiscal Year, including direction on the committee’s budget for the Fiscal Year;
(ii) following the meeting referred to in section 6.3(a)(i), and before March April 1 of the same year, the committee in question shall submit to the Physician Services Committee a detailed written plan including a proposed budget by program and initiative and an administrative budget by program and initiative (which, for those committees covered by the Joint Clinical Committee Administration Agreement will be the budget for Administrative Costs approved under Article 5 of that Agreement) outlining the committee’s intentions to address the for initiatives within its mandate to be undertaken by the committee during the Fiscal Year commencing on April 1 of the same year. The written plan will account for the distribution of all funds which have been allocated to the committee in question, both ongoing funds and funding available for one- time allocations;
(iii) the Physician Services Committee will consider each plan submitted to it pursuant to section 6.3(a)(ii) by the General Practice Services Committee, the Specialist Services Committee, the Clinical Support Services Committee, the Shared Care Committee, and the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues, and will either approve the plan or advise the committee in question of why it is unable to approve the plan in which case the committee will, within 30 days of being advised by the Physician Services Committee that it is unable to approve the plan, reconsider the plan and and, if able, submit a revised plan to the Physician Services Committee for approval;
(iv) where the Physician Services Committee receives a revised plan from a committee in accordance with section 6.3(a)(iii), the Physician Services Committee may approve the revised plan, in whole or in part, and if the Physician Services Committee does not approve the whole of the revised plan, unless agreed otherwise by the Government and Doctors of BC, plan either the Government or the Doctors of BC BCMA may refer the outstanding issues to the MSC and the MSC, or its successor, will determine the matter;
(v) where the Physician Services Committee is unable to approve a plan from a committee, unless agreed otherwise by committee and the Government and Doctors of BC committee is unable to submit a revised plan to the Physician Services Committee either the Government or the Doctors of BC BCMA may refer the outstanding issues to the MSC and the MSC, or its successor, will determine the matter;
(vi) following finalization of a committee’s plan in accordance with either section 6.3(a)(iii), (iv) or (v), the Physician Services Committee will convene at least two additional meetings with the co-chairs of each committee specifically named in section 6.3(a)(iii), to take place prior to the end of the Fiscal Year in question, during which the plan of the committee in question will be reviewed, its progress assessed and any variances addressed, including directions from the Physician Services Committee on dealing with such variances;; and
(vii) if, during any Fiscal Year, any of the committees specifically named in section 6.3(a)(i) proposes to reallocate funds between its programs in a manner not specifically contemplated by its plan for that Fiscal Year, it shall first provide the Physician Services Committee of advance written notice of its intentions;
(b) approve any proposal to reallocate funding between any of the joint committees of the Government and the BCMA referred to in this Agreement or the Physician Master Subsidiary Agreements;
(c) oversee the development of and approve a minimum joint communications protocol to be used by each of twothe joint committees of the Government and the BCMA referred to in this Agreement or the Physician Master Subsidiary Agreements, in respect of all decisions made by such committees, that shall include the requirement for prior approval of the co-chairs of the committee in question of any communication regarding the business and/or decisions of the committee;
(d) on an annual basis, review the joint committee structure reflected in this Agreement and the Physician Master Subsidiary Agreements, and make any changes to that committee structure that the Physician Services Committee considers desirable;
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Samples: Physician Master Agreement
