Practice Incentives Program (PIP)

The PIP Quality Improvement (QI) Incentive commenced on 1 August 2019. It is a payment to general practices that participate in quality improvement activities to improve patient outcomes and deliver best practice care.

There are two components general practices need to meet to qualify for a PIP QI Incentive payment:

The Department of Health has released a number of documents to help practices understand the PIP QI requirements and PIP data governance arrangements:

• PIP QI Guidelines
• Improvement Measures
• PIP Eligible Data Set Data Governance Framework
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Who do I ask?

If you are already participating in COORDINARE’s Sentinel Practices Data Sourcing (SPDS) project, please contact your Health Coordination Consultant. By updating your existing SPDS agreement and undertaking quarterly benchmarking with your Heath Coordination Consultant, you will find it an easy process to meet the PIP QI requirements.

If you are not participating in COORDINARE’s SPDS project but you wish to qualify for the PIP QI Incentive payment, please contact your Health Coordination Consultant (HCC) to discuss enrolling. To find out who the HCC is in your region please click here, or phone 1300 069 002.