The rural retention program is made up of three primary benefits:

• Flat Fee Sum is paid to eligible rural physicians, payment made by Health Authority on a Quarterly Basis.
• MSP Fee for Service Premium is paid to eligible rural physicians, payments are made by Medical Service Plan.
• Fee Sum Equivalent is paid to eligible rural physicians who are compensated by the Health Authority under a service contract funded by the Alternative Payment Program, payments are paid with monthly service contract payments.

This Guide includes information of the Rural GP Locum program, Rural CME and recruitment incentives.

Eligibility and Payments

Flat Fee Sum

• You must be a resident physician, directly providing medical services in an eligible RSA community.
• You must be living and working in an eligible RSA community for at least nine months per year.
• Your billings for the previous year must be greater than or equal to $50,000.

Payments are made quarterly as follows:

Q1 (April – June)-Paid by end of July
Q2 (July  September)-Paid by end of October
Q3 (November – December)-Paid by end of January
Q4 (January – March)-Paid by end of April.

MSP Fee for Service Premium

The fee-for-service premium is automatically paid as long as the Service Clarification Code of the community where the services are provided is attached to your MSP billings
Fee Sum Equivalent.

Physicians providing services in an eligible RSA community under Health Authority Service Contract funded by Alternative Payment Program are eligible to receive this benefit.