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Register for the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program.
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Estimate your payments from MBS bulk billing incentives (BBIs) and the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program.
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Bulk billing incentives in general practice
The Australian Government’s investment to support bulk billing in general practice has two components:
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Eligibility for Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) bulk billing incentives (BBIs) has been expanded to all Medicare-eligible patients. BBIs are additional MBS payments made when a doctor bulk bills an eligible patient for an eligible service. The value of MBS BBIs depends on the service provided and the location. Find out more about the Modified Monash Model location classification system and MBS BBIs at MBS Online.
- The Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP).
The Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program
The Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program supports general practices to bulk bill all Medicare-eligible patients for all eligible services.
Practices participating in BBPIP receive an additional quarterly 12.5% incentive payment on MBS benefits paid from eligible services, split evenly between the GP and the practice. The even split of the BBPIP incentive payment recognises the role of both practices and GPs in delivering bulk billed services to patients.
Participating practices must bulk bill every eligible service for every Medicare-eligible patient to receive the BBPIP incentive payment. This incentive payment is in addition to Medicare benefits and MBS BBIs.
Why it is important
Expanding eligibility for MBS BBIs to all Medicare-eligible patients and BBPIP support for doctors to bulk bill will improve access to general practice care and reduce out-of-pocket-costs for all Medicare-eligible patients.
The combined investment means around 4,800 practices will be in a better financial position if they fully bulk bill – meaning they will receive more in Medicare payments than they currently receive in patient fees.
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Participating in BBPIP
To participate in BBPIP, a practice must:
- Bulk bill all BBPIP MBS eligible services for all Medicare-eligible patients.
- Be MyMedicare registered:
- Find information on the department’s MyMedicare program.
- Find how to register in MyMedicare on the Services Australia Health Professional Education Resources website.
- Practices registering in MyMedicare for the first time to participate in BBPIP are exempt from MyMedicare accreditation requirements.
- Patients do not need to be registered in MyMedicare for the practice to participate in BBPIP.
- Promote your participation:
- Registering as a fully bulk billing practice in Healthdirect Australia’s National Health Services Directory (NHSD). Find information about how to register on NHSD.
- Displaying Medicare Bulk Billing Practice signage (signage) on-site
- Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations, Aboriginal Medical Services, mobile and outreach services and other services without a physical location are not required to display signage.
- Meet the BBPIP Healthdirect and Signage Requirements
- Register for BBPIP via Services Australia.
- Meet the requirements set out in the BBPIP program guidelines.
Order Medicare Bulk Billing Practice signage and information for patients about eligible services
Bulk Billing Incentives Calculator
The calculator uses MBS information about BBPIP MBS eligible services to build GP and practice payment estimates for BBPIP eligible services for your practice type and location.
Resources
Find signage requirements, FAQs, fact sheets, BBPIP MBS eligible services, videos and more.