PIP & SIP

Practice Incentive Program

The PIP aims to recognise general practices that provide comprehensive, quality care, and which are either accredited or working towards accreditation against the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' (RACGP) Standards for General Practices.

Payments made through the program are in addition to other income earned by the general practitioners and the practice.

The PIP aims to compensate for the limitations of fee-for-service arrangements.

Payments focus on aspects of general practice that contribute to quality care. These include the use of IM/IT, provision of after hours care, student teaching and better prescribing.

PIP payments are mainly dependent on practice size, in terms of patients seen.

Service Incentive Program

The aim of the service incentive payment is to encourage a systematic approach to immunisation by reviewing the immunisation status of children who present to the practice for a consultation. In this way, opportunistic vaccination services can be provided. The payment also provides financial recognition for those GPs who perform immunisation services. Providers of mass immunisation services are not eligible for this payment.

The amount of $18.50 (not GST inclusive) is paid to the account nominated by the servicing provider for the notification of each immunisation that completes one of the five immunisation schedules. This payment is additional to other payments GPs receive such as Medicare consultation fees and the ACIR information payment.

All GPs and OMPs who have a Medicare provider number and provide non-referred services which attract a rebate under the Medicare Benefits Schedule are entitled to a SIP.

The payment is made when the ACIR is notified of an immunisation event, which completes one of the five immunisation schedules for children under the age of seven.

A SIP is paid only on completion of an immunisation according to the National Immunisation Program (NIP).

When one or more vaccinations are contraindicated, the SIP is paid after the remaining vaccinations are provided. The contraindication is required to be recorded on the ACIR.
  (Source: Medicare Australia www.medicareaustralia.gov.au)

Payment Guidelines

Elements To Payments

	PIP Fact Sheet
	PIP Guidelines
	After Hours Guidelines
	Asthma Incentive Guidelines
	Cervical Screening Guidelines
	Diabetes Incentive Guidelines
	Domestic Violence Guidelines
	E-Health Guidelines
	PN Incentive Guidelines
	Procedural GP Guidelines
	Quality Prescribing Incentive Guidelines
	Rural Loading Guidelines

Forms

	Domestic Violence Incentive Application
	E-Health Application Form
	Indigenous Health Incentive Application
	Indigenous Health Incentive PBS Copayment Measure Patient Consent
	Indigenous Health Incentive PBS Copayment Measure Patient Info Sheet
	Indigenous Health Incentive PBS Copayment Measure Patient Registration
	Indigenous Health Incentive PBS Copayment Measure Patient Withdrawal of Consent
	PIP Change Authorised Contact Persons
	PIP Teaching Incentive Program
	Procedural GP Payment Application Form
	Procedural GP Payment QA