RESSO Payments

Assignment of Payment (PDF)

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 claims to MSP within two weeks after the end of the locum assignment and refuse claims within two weeks of the refusal date.

For hospital-based/on-call locum assignments, the locum 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.

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 (PDF)

RESSO locum physicians are paid a guaranteed daily rate from $1,375 – $1,788 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 Locums for Rural BC.

• A & B communities – $1,522 – $1,788
• C communities – $1,375
• D communities – $1,375

In cases where a certified specialist provides coverage for a FP with enhanced Surgical OB, they will be paid a guaranteed specialist daily rate of $2,076 – $2,438 dependent upon the community.

Travel Time Honorarium (PDF)

Travel time for locum physicians will be reimbursed as follows (return trip):

Outbound travel time is calculated from the time the physician leaves their primary residence (contract address) to the arrival time in the community. Inbound travel time is calculated from the time the physician leaves the community to the arrival time back to their primary residence (contract address), to a maximum of $1,500 per return trip.