Practices must be: 

• Registered in the Organisation Register 
• Registered for the MyMedicare Program (with banking details provided)  
• Registered for the General Practice in Aged Care Incentive  

GPs must be:

• an eligible primary care provider as outlined in the Program Guidelines
• linked to their eligible practice
• declared as the responsible GP of eligible services to the registered patient, including coordinating services provided by the care team or practice.

Patients must:

• permanently live in a residential aged care home, not including respite care
• register with MyMedicare and link to an eligible practice and responsible GP
• have the General Practice in Aged Care Incentive indicator selected on their MyMedicare profile by their practice.
• People who live in a residential aged care home are exempt from the MyMedicare eligibility requirement for one face-to-face visit for practices in remote locations, or two face-to-face visits for practices in other locations in the previous 24 months recorded with the same practice.

Registering and accessing the incentive

Eligible practice can follow these detailed step-by-step guide to register for the MyMedicare General Practice in Aged Care Incentive.

Once your practice is registered for the General Practice in Aged Care Incentive, you will need to:

• Link your providers and your MyMedicare patients to your practice
• Select the General Practice in Aged Care Incentive indicator on your patients’ MyMedicare profiles

Link patients to Responsible Providers in your practice.

• Services must be provided under the responsibility and direction of the GP.
• To be eligible, GPs and practices must:
  • Meet all servicing requirements outlined in the Program Guidelines.
  • Fulfil individual servicing requirements for each assessment quarter.
• At least one regular visit must be provided by the GP.
• A second visit can be delivered by the GP or another care team member, such as:
  • An alternate provider within the same practice
  • GP registrar
  • Nurse practitioner

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner or worker

Easily track your progress in meeting Incentive requirements for each patient through Health Professional Online Services (HPOS). Practices can search for both eligibility forecasts and completed assessments that have been calculated and paid. Providers can also forecast their eligibility for MyMedicare and review processed eligibility forecasts.

Please visit this e-learning module to learn how to access detailed payment information in HPOS. This module is designed to help practices and providers access information related to General Practice in Aged Care Incentive payments.

Resources for all providers

• GPACI Main page
• Program Guidelines
• General Practice on Aged Care Incentive Fact Sheet
• Common factsheet – Roles and Contributions
• Patient Journeys
• Common factsheet – Facts and Benefits
• Common factsheet – Person-Centred Care
• General Practice in Aged Care Incentive – Services Australia
• Steps required to add the MyMedicare General Practice in Aged Care Incentive
• Sample cover letter to Residential Aged Care Homes
• GP Aged Care Incentive (GPACI) MBS User Guide​

Resources for primary care providers

• GP and Practices Information Kit
• GPACI Incentive Payment Structure
• Patient monitoring and tracking tool
  • Excel template
  • PDF document
• Care plan contribution template

Resources for your patients

• Consumer Booklet

Forecasting Resources for General Practice in Aged Care Incentive Payments

• Practices
  • Forecast eligibility for MyMedicare Incentives for an Organisation site/Practice
  • Search for and view eligibility assessments for MyMedicare Incentives for an Organisation site/Provider
• Providers
  • Forecast eligibility for MyMedicare Incentives as a Provider
  • Search for and view eligibility assessments for MyMedicare Incentives as a Provider
• MyMedicare – General Practice in Aged Care Incentive – Payments and Correspondence

FAQs

• For GPs
• Consumers/carers