General Practice Immunisation Incentive (GPII)
Program Manager - Anne Vail Phone -(02) 6884 0197
The GPII has financial incentives that are designated to recognise and reward the role of general practitioners in childhood immunisation and for the timely data collection and encounters that are required for the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR). The GPII has 2 Components: Outcome Payments & Information Payments.
Outcomes Payments:
Practices must be registered with the PIP or GPII to receive the Outcomes Payment. How do I receive outcome payments?
If registered with Practice Incentive Program (PIP) or GPII, then the practice will automatically be registered for the Outcomes Payment. Payment provided quarterly to practices that achieve 90% or greater proportions of full immunisations. The Outcomes Payment is set at $3.50 per whole patient equivalent (WPE) providing the practice attains a minimum of 10 WPEs. A GPII registration form can be obtained by calling 1800 222 032.
Information Payments:
This is the payment given for every encounter that completes a step of the immunisation schedule. For example, if all vaccines due at two months are given and reported, $6.00 will be paid. If only some of the appropriate vaccines are given, the payment will not be made. Payment is also made where the catch up provisions for vaccination have been completed.Under the GPII even though a child may be immunised by another Immunisation service provider, if the immunisation encounter is recorded with the ACIR it will still count towards the outcomes payment of the relevant general practice. Relationships with other Immunisation service providers such as councils are therefore critical to the success of the GPII.
Changes to the National Due and Overdue Rules for Childhood Immunisation—1 January 2009The National Due and Overdue Rules, used by the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) to determine whether a child is considered up to date with immunisation, will change from 1 January 2009. The change applies to the four year vaccination schedule for children born from 1 January 2005 and is necessary to support changes to the Australian Government’s Maternity Immunisation Allowance paid to families.Currently, the rules for this age schedule state that a child is due for their vaccinations at four years and are considered overdue at five years. From 1 January 2009 a child is due at four years and overdue at four years and one month.This change will bring the four year schedule in line with the rules for all other age schedules which state that a child is overdue one month after their due date. A copy of the National Due and Overdue Rules is available from Medicare Australia’s website at www.medicareaustralia.gov.au
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