Individual Incentives under the Practice Incentive Program (PIP) 012-18112814
Expand allThis document outlines information about the individual incentives available under the Practice Incentives Program (PIP).
The information is for Service Officers to use when processing forms and responding to general enquiries.
Practices must first be approved for PIP to apply for any of the individual incentives.
Practice Incentives Program (PIP)
The PIP aims to support general practices to continue providing quality care, enhance capacity and improve access and health outcomes for patients. Services Australia administers the PIP on behalf of the Department of Health and Aged Care. The PIP is not a legislated program and is delivered under program guidelines.
The PIP has 7 individual incentives:
- After Hours Incentive supports general practices to provide their patients with appropriate access to after-hours care
- eHealth Incentive encourages general practices to keep up to date with digital health and adopt new health technology
- Indigenous Health Incentive supports general practices and Indigenous health services to provide better healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, including best practice management of chronic disease
- Procedural General Practitioner Payment encourages GPs in rural and remote areas to maintain local access to surgical, anaesthetic and obstetric services
- Quality Improvement Incentive rewards practices for participating in and reporting on continuous quality improvement activities in partnership with their local Primary Health Network
- Rural Loading Incentive provides an additional loading for PIP practices in rural and remote areas, based on their Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas (RRMA) Classification
- Teaching Payment encourages practices to provide teaching sessions to undergraduate and graduate medical students preparing to enter the Australian medical profession
The Resources page contains links to contact details for the PIP and WIP - Practice Stream.
Contents
Practice application for PIP and WIP - Practice Stream
Online practice application for PIP and WIP - Practice Stream
Link WIP - Practice Stream non-consenting practices with PIP
After Hours Incentive practice application for the Practice Incentives Program (PIP)
Indigenous Health Incentive (IHI) practice application for Practice Incentives Program (PIP)
Teaching Payment Claims for PIP
Procedural GP Payment practice application for PIP
General Practitioner Aged Care Access Incentive (GP ACAI) for Practice Incentives Program (PIP)
Quality Improvement (QI) Incentive for PIP