Practice application for Practice Incentives Program (PIP) and Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) - Practice Stream 012-11020000

Applications can be lodged:

• electronically via Health Professional Online Services (HPOS) in PIP Online or WIP Practice Stream Online, or
• by manual fax submission

The following forms and documents must be submitted for assessment and processing:

• Practice Incentives application (IP001) form
• current Accreditation certificate

A practice can be registered for the:

• PIP
• WIP - Practice Stream as a PIP consenting practice
• WIP - Practice Stream only

The IP001 form consists of the below parts:

• Part A - Eligibility requirements and practice details
• Part B - Additional practice branches
• Part C - Individual PIP Incentives (optional)
• Part D - Workforce Incentive Program - Practice Stream (optional)
• Part E - Practice ownership details
• Part F - Individual general practitioner or nurse practitioner details and declaration

If the practice is applying for the WIP - Practice Stream as a PIP consenting practice, Part F is not mandatory.

If the practice is already approved for the program, check that the details on the IP001 form match the practice profile. Any changes to practice details must be made via HPOS or the relevant form by the point-in-time date.

An application in Initial status allows the application to be registered into PIP Online and/or WIP - Practice Stream Online without being approved for the relevant program/s.
This records the application being received and the action taken.

If a practice is applying for:

• PIP only, the application can be registered to initial stage for the PIP only
• PIP and WIP - Practice Stream, the application can only be registered to initial stage for the PIP only
• WIP - Practice Stream only, or is not PIP consenting, the application can be registered to initial stage for the WIP - Practice Stream only

If accreditation details have not been provided, the practice cannot be registered to a status of Initial in PIP Online and/or WIP - Practice Stream Online. Practices with no accreditation details are to be recorded on the spreadsheet G:\INCENTIVESWORKFLOW/PIP and WIP - Practice Stream New Applications UNABLE to Register Online.

Include the Processing and National Demand Allocation (PaNDA) work item ID and work type on the spreadsheet.

A practice can apply for most of the Individual PIP Incentives at the time of applying for the PIP using the IP001 form. The individual incentives included on the practice application form are:

• After Hours incentive
• Indigenous Health Incentive
• Procedural General Practitioner (GP) payment

Do not reject a practice application form if the practice does not apply for any individual incentives.

A practice can only apply for the eHealth or Quality Improvement incentives via HPOS after the practice's application has been approved and they are issued a practice ID.

If a practice applies for PIP via HPOS, all the PIP incentives can be applied for in the online application.