Registration for the Longitudinal Family Physician (LFP) Payment Model opens to locum physicians on March 13, 2023. 


To register, an eligible locum physician must submit the LFP Locum Registration Code (98005) after the LFP Registration Code (98000). Detailed enrolment instructions are laid out in the LFP Payment Schedule available online: gov.bc.ca/MSP/LFP.



A Locum physician submits the Registration Code 98000 using their MSP Practitioner Number and the following “patient” demographic information: 


  • PHN: 9694105066 
  • Patient Surname: Portal
  • First name: LFP 
  • Date of Birth: January 1, 2023 
  • ICD-9 code: L23


Second, a Locum physician submits the LOCUM Registration code 98005 using their MSP Practitioner Number and the following “patient” demographic information:


  • PHN: 9753035697
  • Patient Surname: Portal
  • First name: GPSC
  • Date of Birth: January 1, 2013
  • ICD-9 code: L23


For more details about the new LFP Payment Model for Locum Services, view the NEW Payment Schedule March 13.

If you have any questions, please visit LFP Payment Model or contact Health Insurance BC at 604-456-6950 (Vancouver) or 1-866-565-6950 (Elsewhere in BC).