As mandated under the 2023 Physician Agreement, this program is being terminated, and the associated funding has been transitioned to fees. The final CPIP application process will be launched as usual in April 2026. 

ACTION: 

Effective April 1, 2026, the CPIP annual program will transition to a new monthly fee code called the Collaborative Family Practice (CFP) fee code. To activate the new CFP fee code for billing, each physician must sign a declaration of eligibility. The fee code cannot be claimed until the signed declaration is submitted. The final annual application process for the CPIP will launch in April 2026.

• Each physician must sign and submit the declaration of eligibility by March 31 to activate the CFP fee code beginning April 1, 2026.

• Eligible clinics must apply for the final CPIP annual stipend (applications launch April 2026).

  Collaborative Family Practice Declaration

Eligibility criteria

To receive a CPIP incentive payment, all of the following eligibility criteria must be met:

1. You must have minimum total insured billings/payments of $100,000, including $25,000 of office billings, during the period from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, prior to the payment.
2. You must be participating as a member of an eligible collaborative practice at the time of application.
3. The collaborative practice must consist of a minimum of two family physicians and one “collaborating other regulated health-care provider” as defined by the program guidelines. This does not include specialist physicians.

Your eligibility isn't dependent on the billing levels of other physicians. Minimum billing criteria are waived for physicians who have practised in Nova Scotia for less than the 12-month billing period used to determine program eligibility for the annual payment (that is, new graduates and physicians who have relocated to Nova Scotia from elsewhere).

Not eligible

The following practice situations and/or activities aren't eligible for this payment:

• Participation in a community on-call rotation as the primary collaborative activity.
• A physician who collaborates with other physicians and health-care providers at occasional clinics (e.g., well women’s clinic) but not as part of his/her core community family practice.
• A solo physician who practises with another health-care provider, such as a nurse.
• Co-located physicians with separate practices and separate patient populations who may occasionally cover each other’s practice (for example, when the other physician is on vacation).
• Talking to or consulting with other health-care providers, such as pharmacists, who don't work as an ongoing integral part of the collaborative practice team.
• Locum physicians.
• Walk-in clinics.
• Hospital-focused collaborative practice groups (e.g. family physicians covering inpatients.)