Services Australia administers the PIP QI Incentive on behalf of the Department of Health and Aged Care. It rewards practices for participating in continuous quality improvement activities in partnership with their local PHN. 

Eligibility

To be eligible to receive a PIP QI payment general practices must:   

• be eligible for and participating in the Practice Incentives Program (PIP)  
• register for the PIP QI Incentive   
• electronically submit the PIP Eligible Data Set to their local PHN quarterly
• undertake continuous quality improvement activities in partnership with their local PHN. 

Payments

Eligible practices can receive a maximum payment of $12,500 per quarter, based on $5 per Standardised Whole Patient Equivalent, per year. In order to receive a payment, general practices must have submitted their quarterly data to PHN at least once during the data submission period for that quarter.