Annual Confirmation Statement (ACS) in Practice Incentives Program (PIP) 012-10010080

At the start of May each year, practices are sent an Annual Confirmation Statement (ACS). This will not be sent to practices approved for the PIP in the preceding 6 months.

An ACS will show all information on the practice profile.

A practice must review the information on each page of the ACS and confirm their practice details. This includes their eligibility for the:

• PIP, and
• individual incentives

The below individual incentives do not show on the ACS and therefore practices do not need to confirm their eligibility for the:

• General Practitioner Aged Care Access Incentive (ACAI)
• Rural Loading payment
• Teaching Incentive

A practice receives and confirms their ACS via:

• Health Professional Online Services (HPOS):
• if the practice's online subscriptions is set to ‘access online'
• most changes made through HPOS are effective immediately. They can be made up to and on 31 July
• Mail:
• if the practice's online subscriptions is set to ‘receive printed copy via mail'
• must be submitted at least 7 days before the relevant point-in-time date

On receipt of the ACS, the practice must:

• check that all the details on the ACS are correct
• submit the ACS via HPOS or sign the declaration page and return by fax / email

Only the declaration page needs to be submitted. If there are changes to practice details, the practice must also submit the relevant page.

The practice payments will be automatically put on hold if a practice does not confirm their ACS by the 31 July. The practice can still submit their ACS after this date. When the ACS has been submitted and confirmed, the practice payments will be released in a fortnightly payment run. See Payments for PIP and WIP - Practice Stream.

A practice can amend the details on the Annual Confirmation Statement (ACS).

The Resources page has a list of acceptable changes.