About the initiative
The Practice Incentives Program – Indigenous Health Incentive (PIP IHI) encourages health services to meet the health care needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a chronic disease. Health services include general practices, Aboriginal Medical Services and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services.
Why it is important
Chronic disease is responsible for 66% of the health gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians. The PIP IHI seeks to address this gap with better chronic disease management for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Goals
The PIP IHI’s goals are to:
- improve the health outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- encourage practices to prevent, identify and manage chronic disease.
Meeting our goals
The PIP IHI meets its goals by providing incentive payments to health services. The incentives help services to deliver high quality, comprehensive primary health care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with a chronic disease.
Who we work with
The PIP IHI is one of several incentives administered by Services Australia on our behalf. Read more about these incentives.
Practice Incentives Program – Indigenous Health Incentive guidelines
The Practice Incentives Program – Indigenous Health Incentive guidelines are available from Services Australia.
Learn more
Our printable fact sheet has more details about the changes to the PIP IHI.
Changes to the Practice Incentives Program – Indigenous Health Incentive
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