Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program
Overview
The Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP) was announced as part of the 2025-26 Budget as a component of Outcome 2: Individual Health Benefits, Program 2.1 Medical Benefits of the department’s Portfolio Budget Statements 2025-26. Practices participating in BBPIP receive an additional 12.5% incentive payment on every $1 of the MBS benefits paid from eligible services, split evenly (50/50) between the GP and the practice. Participating practices must bulk bill every eligible MBS service (Outlined at Appendix 15.3 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines) for all their Medicare-eligible patients to receive the incentive payment. Eligible MBS services include the most common GP services such as time-tiered consultation items, health assessments, mental health treatment items, and chronic condition management items. The BBPIP incentive payment is in addition to MBS benefits paid, and MBS BBIs are paid independently of the BBPIP incentive payments. BBPIP is managed by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (the department). Note: BBPIP registrations will not open until 1 November 2025. Please refer to the most recent version of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines (version 4) published 3 March 2026. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.
Key Information
Details
- Eligible Practice TypesPractices participating in initiatives like the COAG 19(2) Exemption Initiative and Primary Health Networks are eligible if they meet the practice type eligibility criteria.
- Co-location with Other Health ServicesParticipating practices may be co-located with Medicare UCCs or state-led health services that do not deliver GP services, such as hospitals, allied health providers, or pharmacies.
- Accreditation ExemptionThe BBPIP accreditation exemption is applied through a declaration model in the Organisation Register at the time of MyMedicare registration.
- Practices must ensure all eligible GP services are bulk billed.
- Practices must manage and track bulk billing activities using the MyMedicare system.
- Contact
- Services Australia
- •Charging additional fees for bulk billed services is not permitted, except for unfunded vaccines.
- •Practices must notify Services Australia of any organisational changes within seven days.
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