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The 'Medical Services Plan of British Columbia' (MSP) is the government-administered single-payer health insurance scheme in the Canadian province of British Columbia, operating under the auspices of the country's national Medicare program. Under the Canadian constitution, provinces are responsible for the delivery of health care, while the national Canada Health Act ensures access to universal health care for all citizens of the country.
The plan covers medically required services provided by a physician enrolled with MSP, maternity care provided by a physician or a midwife, medically required eye examinations provided by an ophthalmologist or optometrist, diagnostic services, including x-rays and laboratory services, provided at approved diagnostic facilities, when ordered by a registered physician, midwife, podiatrist, dental surgeon or oral surgeon, dental and oral surgery, when medically required to be performed in hospital, orthodontic services related to severe congenital facial abnormalities.
MSP claims processing system is integrated with a web-based telecommunications system 'Teleplan'. Teleplan is used by practitioners to securely submit claims, notes and eligibility requests to MSP, and receive payment statements, rejected claims and patient eligibility data from MSP through an encrypted Internet connection. Teleplan receives and processes over 5 million claims monthly, valued at approximately $116 million. Approximately 95% of all claims are processed within 30 days, with the majority being paid within 14 days.
As of April 2005, 'Health Insurance BC' is the new name for administrative operations of the Medical Services Plan (MSP) and PharmaCare, including Fair PharmaCare.

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★ Health Insurance BC.

★ Medical Services Plan of British Columbia.

★ Teleplan: Claims Submission and Processing.