MSP for Medical and Health Care Practitioners

Important Notice:
Acupuncturist Services will be included among the benefits of the Supplementary Benefits Program April 1, 2008. See Information for Supplementary Benefit Practitioners for details.

Notification Service - now available for physicians and other health professionals who wish to be notified when MSP publications, including the Physicians' Newsletter, MSCommuniqué and Clinical Practice Guidelines are posted on the MSP web site.

MSP's Statutory Holidays and Close Off Dates - Important dates to note.

Teleplan Specifications (Version 4) - Manual of technical specifications for Teleplan.

Eye Exams (PDF 59Kb) - Criteria for insured eye examinations for beneficiaries between ages 19 to 64.

MSP Forms for Practitioners - Application forms that can be downloaded and printed from this site include:

•	Registration	•	Assignment of payment
•	MSP billing number	•	Insured out of country medical services
•	Teleplan service	•	Pre-authorization of payment - surgery for alteration of appearance
•	Direct bank payment

Practitioners can find their payment schedules, billing procedures and profession-specific information under:

Information about Medical Travel Assistance Programs for Patients is available at:

Medical Travel Assistance Programs for Patients

Health Insurance BC (HIBC) is the new name for the administrative operations of the Medical Services Plan and PharmaCare, including Fair PharmaCare.

Memorandum to Stakeholders (PDF 31Kb)
HIBC Contact List (PDF 10Kb)
What's Changing and What's Not (PDF 21Kb)

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