About MSP Billing

All residents of B.C. are required to enrol for health care benefits under the Medical Services Plan (MSP). For general information about MSP, how to enrol and who is eligible, and premium rates, please visit the Ministry of Health website (opens in new window).

Obligation to Remit

Under Section 32 (1) of the Medicare Protection Act, when an arrangement is made to pay all or part of another person's premiums or to collect premiums from another person, those premiums are to be paid on or before the required due date.

These premiums are considered a lien in favour of MSP and that lien may be enforced under the Court Order Enforcement Act. If full payment is not received, accounts are referred for debt collection. If your account is overdue, please see the Make a Payment section of our website for further information.

Please note there is no volume discount available to Group Administrators.

In this section you will find general information about your MSP billing notice.

Monthly Invoicing

Businesses receive monthly invoices detailing current premiums and adjustments for their employees. Group invoices are generally mailed during the last week of the month.

Invoices are printed listing employees in one of the four following ways:

• alphabetical by employee surname
• by account number
• by employee number
• by department number (subtotal by this category is also available)

If you would like to change the sorting on your invoice, please contact our office for further details.

Our system for processing payments is automated; therefore, requests for changes to your billing notice noted on invoice stubs will not be processed.

Applications for changes to coverage must be submitted to MSP. Applications can be found on the HIBC website (opens in new window).

When changes or adjustments have been made to MSP Premium amounts and/or family size, the invoice will be flagged with an asterisk and an adjustment code. Retroactive credits and debits will appear in the adjustment column.

Adjustment Codes

Size Codes

Subsidy Codes