The Practice Incentives Program (PIP) encourages general practices to continue providing quality care, enhance their capacity, and improve access and health outcomes for patients.
Eight separate incentives are available related to:
To claim PIP payments, practices must:
Payments are managed by Services Australia/Medicare.
Practices that participate in quality improvement to improve patient outcomes and deliver best practice care are eligible for the Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement (PIP QI) Incentive payment.
The PIP QI has two components. Practices must:
Eligible practices can receive a maximum payment of $12,500 per quarter, based on $5 per Standardised Whole Patient Equivalent, per year.
To be eligible for the PIP QI payment, general practices in the NWMPHN region must:
Visit our PIP QI – Frequently asked questions page for more information.
Your practice may be eligible for the incentive payment through the Workforce Incentive Program – Practice Stream (WIP-PS). The amount paid to each eligible general practice depends on the following factors:
The WIP-PS encourages multidisciplinary and team-based models of care. The Department of Health and Aged Care can provide financial incentives to help general practices with the cost of engaging:
WIP-PS payments assist general practices with the cost of engaging eligible health professionals. They are not intended to cover the whole cost of engaging eligible health professionals.
Services Australia administers the WIP-PS. The amount paid to each eligible general practice is calculated on several factors which are outlined in the Practice Stream incentive payments page.
The eligibility for general practices to receive the WIP-PS payments, as well as reporting requirements are explained in the Workforce Incentive Program Practice Stream Guidelines.
The following resources are available on the Department of Health and Aged Care or Services Australia websites for further information:
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We acknowledge the people of the Kulin nations as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our work in the community takes place. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
We also recognise, respect and affirm the central role played in our work by people with lived experience, their families and/or carers.
While the Australian Government Department of Health has contributed to the funding of this website, the information on this website does not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government and is not advice that is provided, or information that is endorsed, by the Australian Government. The Australian Government is not responsible in negligence or otherwise for any injury, loss or damage however arising from the use of or reliance on the information provided on this website.
