Physician Services Committee Sample Clauses

Physician Services Committee. 6.1 Physician Services Committee Composition (a) The Physician Services Committee shall continue 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. (b) The Physician Services Committee will be composed of six members, three of whom will be appointed by the Government and three of whom will be appointed by the Doctors of BC, or such greater, equal number of members as agreed to by the parties and will also include the Chair of the Medical Services Commission as a non-voting member. The members appointed by the Government will consist of at least one Senior Executive from the Ministry of Health (Assistant Deputy Minister of Health or above) and at least one Senior Executive from a Health Authority (Vice-President or above). The members appointed by the Doctors of BC will include the Chief Executive Officer of the Doctors of BC. (c) The Government and the Doctors of BC will each name one of their respective appointees to act as co-chair of the Physician Services Committee, and the chair will alternate for successive meetings.

Physician Services Committee. 16 6.1 Physician Services Committee Composition 16 6.2 Costs of the Physician Services Committee 17 6.3 Functions of the Physician Services Committee 17 6.4 Conduct of the Business of the Physician Services Committee 20 6.5 Local Quality of Care Issues 20 6.6 Ad Hoc Advisory Panel 21 6.7 Hybrid Compensation Model 21 7.1 Joint Agreement Administration Group Composition 22 7.2 Costs of the Joint Agreement Administration Group 23 7.3 Functions of the Joint Agreement Administration Group 23 7.4 Conduct of the Business of the Joint Agreement Administration Group 23 8.1 Joint Clinical Committees 24 8.2 Core Mandate of the Joint Clinical Committees 24 8.3 Specialist Services Committee 25 8.4 General Practice Services Committee 25 8.5 Clinical Support Services Committee 25 8.6 Shared Care Committee 26 8.7 Practice Support Program 28 9.1 MSC Membership 28 9.2 Chair of the MSC 29 9.3 Independence of the MSC 29 10.1 Reference Committee 29 10.2 Audit and Inspection Committee 30 10.3 Patterns of Practice Committee 31 10.4 Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee 32 11.1 Establishment of the Available Amount 32 11.2 Monitoring and Managing the Available Amount 33 12.1 Revisions to Guide to Fees by BCMA 33 12.2 Revisions to Guide to Fees on Government’s Recommendation 34 13.1 Revisions By Agreement 35 13.2 Revisions in the Absence of Agreement 35 13.3 Changes to Insured Medical Services 36 14.1 Payment Process 36 14.2 Advances 36 14.3 Overdue Accounts 37 14.4 Changes to Payment Process 37 15.1 Compensation Changes to March 31, 2014 37 15.2 Interprovincial Physician Compensation Report 37 15.3 WorkSafe BC Services and ICBC Services 37 16.1 Allocation for New Fee Items 38 17.1 Budget for MOCAP 38 17.2 MOCAP Terms and Conditions 38 17.3 Distribution of MOCAP Funds by Health Authorities 38 17.4 MOCAP Redesign 40 18.1 BCMA Participation in e-Health 42 18.2 Physician Information Technology Office (PITO) 42 18.3 PITO Structure and Functions 43 19.1 Change in Form of Compensation 43 20.1 Government and BCMA will Work to Prevent Withdrawals of Services 43 20.2 Dispute Resolution and Issue Management may not alter Agreements 43 20.3 Voluntary Settlements are Without Prejudice 43 20.4 Process, Time Limits and Procedural Requirements to be Strictly Complied With 44 20.5 Distinguishing Disputes from Issues 44 20.6 Costs of Dispute Resolution and Issue Management 44

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