General Practice Immunisation Incentives (GPII) Scheme
The General Practice Immunisation Incentives (GPII) scheme provides financial incentives to general practitioners (GPs) who monitor, promote and provide immunisation services to children under the age of seven years.The GPII scheme is made up of three components:
- A Service Incentive Payment (SIP) – an $18.60 (not GST inclusive) payment to GPs and Other Medical Practitioners (OMPs), who notify the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) of a vaccination that completes an immunisation schedule;
- An Outcomes Payment – practices that achieve 90% or greater proportions of full immunisation providing the practice attains 10 WPEs (Whole Patient Equivalents); and
- Immunisation infrastructure funding – which provides fund to Divisions of General Practice, State Based Organisations and funding for a National GP Immunisation Coordinator to improve the proportion of children who are immunised at local, state and national levels.
| Activity
|
Completing an Age-appropriate immunisation schedule | Outcomes payment |
| Item Number & type of consult | N/A | N/A |
| P.I.P ($ per SWPE) |
$3.50 (per WPE) | |
| S.I.P ($ per patient) |
$18.60 per patient notification fee. | |
| Notes | $18.60 is paid to GPs who notify the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) of a vaccination that completes an age-appropriate immunisation schedule. | $3.50 for age-appropriate immunisation if rate 90% and over. |