Prepare the Practice

The first step in preparing the Practice is to register the Practice for the Practice Incentive Program’s Indigenous Health Incentive. Registration to this initiative will allow both the Practice and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients significant benefits, including incentive payments for the Practice, and CTG-Scripts for the patients. Registration is relatively easy. It can be done in HPOS or it can be done using the Department of Human Services hardcopy forms.

A Summary of the Payments in the Incentive are shown below.

Component Payment

(i) Sign-on payment

$1000 per practice

(ii)Patient registration payment

$250 per eligible patient per calendar year

(iii) Outcomes payment—up to $250

Tier 1: $100 per eligible patient per calendar year

Tier 2: $150 per eligible patient per calendar year

Activity required for payment

One-off payment to practices that agree to undertake specified activities to improve the provision of care to their Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander patients with a chronic disease.

A payment to practices for each Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander patient aged 15 years and over who are registered with the practice for chronic disease management. A payment to practices for each registered patient where a target level of care is provided by the practice in a calendar year.

A payment to practices for providing the majority of care for a registered patient in a calendar year.

There is a $1000 one-off sign on payment to assist with preparing the practice, a registration payment of $250 per eligible patient per calendar year and an outcomes payment per eligible patient per Calendar year (if delivering the majority of care). The following weblinks provide some useful information regarding the incentive payments.

Department of Human Services

e-Health Learning Program

PIP-Indigenous Health Incentive Guidelines

PIP-Indigenous Health Incentive – Patient Registration and Consent

By registering the Practice for the Practice Incentive Program’s Indigenous Health Incentive, an organisation is committing to undertake specified activities to improve the care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients with a chronic disease. This includes a one-off Sign-On Payment: $1000

Practice Incentive Payment Registration Create and use a system to make sure their Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander patients aged 15 years and over with a chronic disease are followed up (for example through use of a recall and reminder system, or staff actively seeking out patients to make sure they return for ongoing care)

Undertake cultural awareness training (minimum 2 people within the Practice, with at least one person being a General Practitioner) within 12 months of joining the incentive, unless exempt.

Agree to offer to register Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Patients with a diagnosed chronic disease for the PIP Indigenous Health Incentive Agree to offer to register Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Patients with a diagnosed chronic disease for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Co-payment Measure (PBS – CTG Copayment) (access to CTG Scripts) Agree to receive consent from the Patient for the PIP- IHI Individual Registration Agree to receive consent from the Patient for the PBS- CTG Co-payment

Annotate PBS prescriptions for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander patients participating in the PBS Co-payment Measure (CTG Scripts)