Before you can begin billing with the LFP payment model, please ensure you are connected with your Dr. Bill account.
Connecting to Dr. Bill:
Go to your Edit My Profile, found in the top right dropdown menu under Billing Info.
In Billing Info, add the province (British Columbia), billing provider (Dr. Bill), and the Username and Password you have created when signing up for Dr. Bill. Select Connect to integrate your Dr. Bill account to Arya.
After you have connected, multiple fields will appear where you can set up your default billing settings such as:
Service Location Indicator
Specialty Code
Rural Location
Facility Number
Once you have confirmed your connection to Dr. Bill, ensure that all required patient information is present in the chart before submitting a bill
Navigate to a patient chart you wish to bill for. In the Patient Demographics section verify the following information is present:
First Name
Last Name
Insurer Type (BC)
Healthcare Number
Date of Birth
You can now begin enrolling and billing patients with the LFP billing model!
Begin creating a bill in the Patient-Level Billing tab
Select the assigned physician in the Assigned To field, once the provider is selected you can select the Add Billing button
In the Fee Code column you will be able to enroll the patient in the LFP billing model by entering in the Enrolment Code 98000
98002: Clinic-Based Services Registration
98003: Long-term Care and Palliative Care Facility Services Registration Code
98004: Inpatient Services Registration Code
98006: Pregnancy & Newborn Services Registration Code
In the ICD Code field, you can input L23 which is the LFP Payment Model code
If needed, you can add or edit any additional information by selecting the "i" icon on the right of the bill. You can add:
Number of units
Start and End time
Service location
Rural location
Facility Number
Notes
Once you have completed the required and desired information you can select Submit. This will register this patient for the LFP payment model
You will only be able to Submit if you are billing for yourself or if you have permission to submit on behalf of the physician.
Submitting Time Codes
Time codes are claimed on a cumulative basis per day. Cumulative time is calculated by adding the total time spent providing services for each time code. Time codes should not be calculated for each individual patient. Time codes are submitted for each date of service. All time code submissions must be submitted using the "patient" demographics below:
PHN: 9646191917
Patient Surname: Time
First Name: LFP
Date of Birth: January 1, 2005
Below are optional time codes that can be submitted.
98010: Clinic-based Direct Patient Care Time
98011: Indirect Patient Care Time
98012: Clinical Administration Time
The following fields are required for each time code submitted to HIBC via Teleplan"
MSP Payee Number
Practitioner Number
Date of Service
Time Code
Start Time
End Time
Time Units - the number of 15 minute time units
ICD-9 Diagnostic Code: L23
Location Code
MSP Facility Number
RRP Code - for rural physicians who practice in a Rural Practice Subsidiary Agreement (RSA) community (Optional)
Start and end times for each time code must not overlap and only one time code is payable for the same time period.
View this short video on how to bill LFP Time Codes:
If you will be billing a specific fee code for an appointment type associated with the LFP model you can attach fee codes directly to that appointment type. You can view this help article for more information about this.
If you would like to set a locum with a the LFP Billing Model, please review the help article below.