Provisional Payments for the Practice Incentives Program (PIP) 012-21112550

Provisional Payments allow greater flexibility for Services Australia to quickly deliver one off payments in response to requests from the Department of Health and Aged Care and Government.

Provisional Payments for PIP can be for:

• temporary measures with one-off payments to PIP practices
• short term initiatives or additional payments to existing incentives

Provisional Payments for PIP are not adjustment payments for existing incentives.

Internal users can view Provisional Payment records through the Provisional Payments tab of PIP Online. External users can view Provisional Payments data via a Provisional Payments link in their HPOS PIP Online home screen.

The Process page contains the steps to view the provisional payments for a practice.

Currently there are no active provisional payments.

See the Resources page for more information.

Payments that are only activated for an emergency response.

General Practitioner Led Respiratory Clinic (GPRC)

GPRC is an initiative introduced by government to support practices in a possible future health emergency.

• GPRC is a ‘stand-up, stand-down’ program that can be activated during a health emergency where there is potential for health system overwhelm
• Under GPRC, up to 150 primary care practices will be chosen by an open selection process. These practices need to:
• maintain fit for purpose infrastructure, and
• ensure availability of trained staff to meet a potential surge
• During activation, participants will have access to a new Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item number. They can use this to make claims for providing 10 minute face-to-face consultations. They will also be eligible to claim a PIP incentive payment. This is equal to their PIP Quality Improvement payment for each activation, with a maximum of one payment per quarter
• The Department of Health and Aged Care will advise Services Australia if/when the GPRC is activated
• The GPRC measure is currently in place until 30 June 2026

See the Process page for GPRC payment information.

Historical Provisional Payments for PIP are:

• COVID-19 In Reach Vaccination Payment

See the Resources page for more information.