New PIP demands ‘unfair’ on practices struggling with COVID-19
An amnesty on providing data under the new QI PIP is ending
Practices on the forefront of the COVID-19 outbreak face losing thousands of dollars in funding because of the struggle to comply with the demands of the new QI Practice Incentive Program.
The scheme offers up to $50,000 a year to accredited practices adopting quality improvement measures.
The measures include sharing de-identified patient data — such as smoking status or CVD risk factors — with their local Primary Health Network (PHN).
Although QI PIP payments to practices are being made, the Federal Government provided exemptions last year to the data requirements because of technical problems with software extracting the data.
