Assignment of Payment

The locum physician agrees to assign payment for office-based services to the host physician’s payment number for services provided while on assignment. The host physician is responsible for submitting the claims to MSP within two weeks after the end of the locum assignment and refused claims within two weeks of the refusal date.

For hospital-based/on-call locum assignments, the locum physician must apply for an additional MSP payment number and bill fee-for-service claims under that payment number for the duration of the assignment.

 

An Assignment of Payment is a legal agreement through which a practitioner designates that MSP payments for their services are to be made to another practitioner or group such as a clinic or hospital.

Note: Assignment of Payment must be submitted to the Locums for Rural BC office prior to the commencement of the locum assignment. 

Application for Payment of Daily Rate

RSLP locum physicians are paid a daily rate from $1,875 – $2,438 dependent upon the community. In general, the higher the number of rural points a community receives, the higher the daily rate. For more information regarding specific rates for rural communities, please contact the Locums for Rural BC Program.

  • A & B communities – $2,076 – $2,438
  • C communities – $1,875
  • D communities – $1,875


The daily rate form can be submitted weekly or at the conclusion of the assignment for provision of services for each day (24 hours) on assignment, paid semi-monthly by Medical Services Plan (MSP)

 

*A daily rate may not be applicable if a locum physician is receiving payment elsewhere (i.e. income guarantee contract, health authority contract, other).

The host physician should pay the locum directly for those services not covered by MSP (i.e., private, Insurance Corporation of BC, WorkSafe BC, Reciprocal billings). Payment should be made prior to the locum physician leaving the assignment and should be minus the amount recovered for overhead.

The locum physician will normally assume the host physician’s hospital and on-call responsibilities during the assignment and will receive funding for the level of on-call availability (MOCAP) required by the HA for the duration of the assignment.

Ensure that the SCC of the community in which they are providing locum coverage is entered on all claims submitted for payment, to receive the RRP Fee Premium for services provided while on locum assignment.

 

Note: All locum physician financial forms are located online in your LRBC account effective April 1, 2023.

 

Submission Deadlines: Effective April 1, 2024, RSLP Application for Expense, Travel Time Honorarium and Daily Rate claims must be received by LRBC within 90 days from the date the travelling physician arrives home to receive reimbursement. Physicians who fail to submit within 90 days will forfeit eligibility for the reimbursement of travel time honorarium. Physicians who submit after 90 days are still eligible for daily rate and travel expense reimbursement up until March 31st of the next fiscal year. For example, a physician who submits a claim after 90 days for Fiscal 2023/24 will have up until March 31, 2025, to receive reimbursement for their travel expenses and the daily rate only.