Are general practitioners who are paid by service contract, sessional or salary payments eligible to receive the maternity network payments?
Yes. EXPANDED FULL SERVICE FAMILY PRACTICE CONDITION BASED PAYMENTS Effective January 1, 2009, a minimum of 2 visits/encounters must have been billed and paid in the 12 months prior to billing the CDM fee. This program is a continuation of the Full Service Family Practice Condition Payment introduced in 2003. The program payments recognize that additional work, beyond the office visit payments, of providing guideline based care to patients over a year. The purpose of the condition based payments is to improve patient care. They are payable in recognition of the work that has been done and are not payable in advance of the work being done. The program has been enhanced through an increased annual bonus amount for provision of clinical guidelines based diabetes and congestive heart failure care (from $75 to $125 per person) and introduction of a $50 bonus payment for clinical guidelines based hypertension management. Eligibility: These payments are available to all general practitioners
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