Flexible Funds - program consolidation

Practice Incentives for General Practices Fund

This page contains information on the Practice Incentives for General Practices Fund

Practice Incentives for General Practices Fund Guidelines

This Fund consolidates the activities of several existing Practice Incentives Program elements and provides one large flexible funding pool that reflects the government’s national priorities over time. These currently include cervical cancer screening, diabetes, aged care access, immunisation, asthma, procedural services in rural and remote areas, and Indigenous health.

The department will work closely with the PIP Advisory Group as a body and also with the individual organisations represented on that group. This will allow stakeholder input into the development and operating parameters of the Fund.

The Government has allocated some $1.055 billion over the next four years to the Practice Incentives for General Practices Fund.

Activities to be supported under the Practice Incentives for General Practices Fund include:

• Medicare Plus - Aged Care Access Initiative - GP Component
• Practice Incentives Program - Cervical Cancer Screening Incentives
• Practice Incentives Program - Closing The Gap - PIP Indigenous Health
• Practice Incentives Program - Integrated National Diabetes Program PIP
• Practice Incentives Program - Procedural GP Incentive
• Practice Incentives Program - After Hours, Asthma, eHealth, Quality Prescribing and Teaching Incentives, and Rural Loading.
• General Practice Immunisation Incentive