Quarterly Confirmation Statement (QCS) in Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) – Practice Stream 012-11060000

Practices approved for WIP - Practice stream should get their QCS by the 15th day of the point-in-time month. The QCS shows all details on the practice profile.

A practice must review the information on each page of the QCS and confirm their practice details to continue receiving payments. This includes eligibility for:

• WIP
• Health Professional/s hours

A practice can get and confirm their QCS:

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

On receipt of the QCS, the practice must:

• check that the practice details on the QCS are correct
• confirm the actual average weekly hours for each eligible health professional for the relevant payment reference period. The hours must:
• be clear and legible, and
• contain a decimal point (for example, 47.5) or colon (for example 47:30)
• submit the QCS via HPOS or sign the declaration page and return by fax or email

Only the practice weekly hours and declaration pages need to be submitted. If there are changes to practice details, the practice must also submit the relevant page/s.

The practice payments will be automatically put on hold if a practice does not confirm their QCS by the relevant point-in-time date. Once the QCS has been confirmed, the practice payments will be released in a fortnightly payment run.

Health professional weekly hours contains more information about:

• payment calculations
• practice requirements when employing an enrolled nurse but not a registered nurse, and
• how practices can amend health professional details for previous quarters

See also: Payments for PIP and WIP - Practice Stream

A practice can make changes to the practice details on the QCS.

The Resources page contains a list of acceptable changes.