Indigenous Chronic Disease Package
Step 5. Re-register patients annually for the PIP Indigenous Health Incentive
Table of contents
- Improve your Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients’ health
- GP and Patient Journey flowchart
How to participate in this program- Step 1. Register the practice/service with Medicare as a participant in the Practice Incentives Program Indigenous Health Incentive
- Step 2. Offer health checks to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients in your care
- Step 3. Develop a care plan for patients with a chronic disease
- Step 4. Provide ongoing monitoring of ‘at risk of chronic disease’ patients
- Step 5. Re-register patients annually for the PIP Indigenous Health Incentive
- Registering your practice/service for the PIP Indigenous Health Incentive
- Registering your eligible patients for the PBS Co-payment measure
- Cultural awareness training: who needs it?
- Defining ‘chronic disease’ and ‘at risk’
Identifying and signing up eligible patients- Specialist Outreach Programs and Care Coordination
- Indigenous Health Project Officers: A resource for General Practices and Indigenous Health Services
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Outreach Workers
- Chronic disease self-management accredited training for staff
- National Tackling Smoking Workforce
- Healthy Lifestyle Workers
- MBS Item numbers for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services
- General restrictions
• The patient registration payment is payable once per patient, per calendar year. If your practice/service registers a patient who has been registered with another practice/service during the calendar year, you will not receive a patient registration payment for that patient in that year.
• Outcome payments will be made to the registered practice that provides the eligible services, regardless of where the patient was initially registered.
• Practices/services are able to phone the PIP team on 1800 222 032 to enquire if an eligible patient is currently registered with another practice/service.