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The Practice Incentives Program (PIP) aims to encourage general practices to continue providing quality care, enhanced capacity, and improved access to health outcomes for patients.
PIP is administered by the Department of Humans Services on behalf of the Department of Health. There are eight individual incentives under three payment streams. Payments can be made to both the practice and the individual practitioner, and are generally based on practice size.
The guidelines for each individual incentive have specific eligibility requirements. You must participate in the PIP before applying for individual incentives. Application to register for PIP is completed in HPOS using an individual PRODA account. Information on registering can be found on the Services Australia website.
To be eligible to participate in the Practice Incentive Program (PIP) you must meet ongoing eligibility requirements. A practice must be accredited or registered for accreditation, against the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) standards for general practices and must be accredited within 12 months of joining.
Practices must hold public liability insurance and all general practitioners at the practice must have current professional indemnity insurance.
If your practice is eligible, you can apply for these eight individual incentives:
More detailed information about Practice Incentive Program (PIP) can be found on the Services Australia website.
In addition to the PIP payments, the Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) provides targeted financial incentives to encourage doctors to deliver services in rural and remote areas. It aims to build a sustainable and high quality health workforce, particularly in rural and remote areas, by targeting incentives.
WIP provides incentives to general practices who employ nurses, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and practitioners, and allied health professionals.
For further information, please go to the Services Australia website.