PAS - What it is and why it matters:
What it is: PAS Information to Date
NP PAS Incentive Payments
NPs Employed in Health Authorities/HA Owned and Operated Sites
BC's Provincial Attachment System: NPs and Patients
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The Provincial Attachment System is made up of two streams:
- The Health Connect Registry is where unattached patients register to get a nurse practitioner in their community.
- All nurse practitioners providing longitudinal primary care are asked to first go to OneHealthID to obtain their ID for logging into PAS. Once NPs have a OneHealthID, NPs should then login to the Panel/Clinic and Provider Registry.
- If you are having trouble with either of these steps, please click here.
Finding the right match:
Attachment coordinators will provide assistance to connect patients and nurse practitioners through the Health Connect Registry (HCR). Nurse practitioners and patient can decide if the attachment fit isn't right. The attachment coordinator will return the patient to the Health Connect Registry to find a better match.
PAS - What you need to do:
To complete the steps for the Provincial Attachment System (PAS) requirements you must first get a BC Provider Account via OneHealthID.
Once you have your BC Provider account via OneHealthID you will be able to login to PAS.
The initial PAS requirements include two components that must be completed to receive the PAS incentive:
click to enlarge1. Complete your initial panel upload to PAS.
This can be accomplished in two ways either by a direct upload through your EMR or via use of the Dr. Bill software. Health Authority employed NPs should note that they should contact their NP leadership to clarify the best process to use. For information on how to do panel upload please see the following links:
*Please note a facility ID is required to upload panels (and any time you are submitting an PAS attachment code) if you do not have a facility ID, please see information here.
Uploading your initial panel occurs on a one-time basis only. For assistance, click here.
For ongoing new attachment see the section below on Ongoing PAS requirements.
2. Login to PAS and complete the following:
- Confirm your provider profile is accurate and up to date.
- Enter how many patients you can attach in the next month in the monthly capacity rate field. Please note, if you do not have any capacity, you must enter “0” in monthly capacity rate field.
- For NPs on service contracts the “desired panel size” field should be pre-populated according to the target attachment noted in your contract. If it is not populated already, please enter the total amount of capacity for attachment as noted in year 3 of your contract.
- For NPs who do not have a PCN attachment requirement as per contract or PCN expectation, you must also enter the total amount attachment you are expected to attain on your panel in the "desired panel size". For example, if you are working in a HA clinic where the expectation is to attach 500 people to your panel ultimately, you would input 500.
For more information on updating your panel capacity, please refer to the Update Panel Capacity user guide in PAS located here: https://www.bchealthprovider.ca/s/article/Update-Panel-Capacity.
Ongoing PAS requirements:
- Keep your profile information up to date.
- Once your initial panel upload has been completed you must continue to submit attachment codes for any new patients you attach. To do this submit the 0$ attachment fee code 98990 along with the facility ID code to teleplan each time you attach a new patient. This information will transfer into the PAS system within a few days.
- You must also keep your monthly PAS capacity up to date. Please ensure you are reviewing and updating this every month.
Keep in mind you can delegate the clinic MOA or other administrative staff to maintain the PAS information for ongoing requirements.
For information regarding PAS incentive payment click here.
PAS Requirements for Clinical/Medical Directors:
If you are the clinical/medical director, you are also required to ensure that clinic details including staff, contact information and clinic details are all correct and up to date in the Clinic and Provider Registry (CPR) on a quarterly basis.
Please note: Any user who is added to a clinic can be given director level permissions (add/remove users, update clinic details like facility number, phone, fax and address). More details about this can be found in the user guide titled: Designate a Facility Manager.
PAS - Tech and Training supports:
Videos to help you get into and work with PAS:
NEW - Did you know that nurse practitioner clinics require a Facility ID to work within PAS?
Facility IDs
Facility IDs are required to do both the initial panel upload (regardless of how it is submitted) and when submitting the 0$ fee attachment code 98990 for any new attachment. If your clinic does not have a facility ID one may be requested from HIBC. A NP who is the clinical director or clinic administrator will need to fill out the attached request form MSP Application for MSP Facility Number New (gov.bc.ca) and submit by fax. Please select "BCP not to be applied" in section B, when completing the request. It will take 15-20 business days to process this request.
If an NP works in a clinic with a physician, that clinic may already have a facility number. Please reach out to your physician colleagues or clinic administrator for this number. If you work in a health authority owned and operated clinic, check with you NP lead if your clinic has a facility ID and how best to get one.
Support for PAS
NPs can reach out to support through one of the following methods:
- Zoom meeting (9am-7pm Monday to Friday excluding stats)
- https://zoom.us/j/93003034945?pwd=L3lkL0VqdEJvTjZ2cWMxelB3R3ppdz09
- Dial-in: 778-907-2071 • Meeting ID: 93003034945 • Passcode: 548989
- Email: healthbcsupport@phsa.ca
Support for OneHealthID
- By email at:
OneHealthID@gov.bc.ca - By phone at:
250-448-1262
Materials and Resources
Feedback
For general feedback, please take some time to fill in the PAS feedback from below.
Previous Webinars
What it is and why it matters:
As many know, there are numerous people in BC who continue to look for a primary care provider, to support their health and wellbeing. NPs and FPs are stepping up to provide that care – and many are joining BC's health-care system to provide longitudinal care. The Health Connect Registry (HCR) and Provincial Attachment Systems (PAS) were designed to better connect these primary care providers with people throughout the province.To date:
- The Health Connect Registry (HCR) today has more than 265,000 people registered and waiting to be attached to a provider.
- As of February 7, 2024, more than 4,200 nurse practitioners and family physicians had uploaded their panel data, covering nearly 4 million unique attached patients.
- Of these, more than 600 have indicated that they have a capacity to potentially accept new patients.
Support for PAS
NPs can reach out to support through one of the following methods:- Zoom meeting (9am-7pm Monday to Friday excluding stats)
- https://zoom.us/j/93003034945?pwd=L3lkL0VqdEJvTjZ2cWMxelB3R3ppdz09
- Dial-in: 778-907-2071 • Meeting ID: 93003034945 • Passcode: 548989
- Email: healthbcsupport@phsa.ca