Program Officer         Sandy Johnston                         

Working Days             Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

Program Objectives

• Increase access to mainstream primary care services by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples;

• Improve the capacity of general practice to deliver culturally sensitive primary care services;

• Increase uptake of Indigenous specific MBS items inc. Indigenous health checks and follow up;

• Support mainstream primary care services to encourage Indigenous Australians to self-identify;

• Increase awareness of Closing the Gap measures relevant to mainstream primary care

• Collaboration and support between mainstream primary care and the Indigenous health sectors.

• Increasing capacity of mainstream primary care to provide culturally sensitive services

Intended Outcomes

• An increase in the overall health of the Indigenous population;

• Improved access to culturally sensitive primary care services for Indigenous Australians;

PIP Indigenous Incentive

The program aims to encourage general practices to improve the coordination of health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including best practice management of patients with chronic disease. Greater support will also be provided for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to actively participate in their own health care, in addition to improved access to affordable medicines and multidisciplinary and specialist follow-up care for Indigenous Australians with a chronic disease

MBS Item Numbers

Current utlisation of MBS items for routine health checks and chronic disease management is limited. This measure will deliver a comprehensive approach to chronic disease management that seeks to encourage greater uptake of health checks and the provision of follow-up care in a coordinated, accessible and systematic manner.

Chronic diseases include cancer, diabetes, renal and cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disease.

Practice Incentive Program

• Guidelines

• Application

• Summary

• Patient fact sheet

• Patient consent form

• Patient registration

• Withdrawal of consent

Chronic Disease Management

• MBS Services

• Medicare Health Checks

• Women's Clinic Brochure

• Women's Clinic Poster

Identification of Patients

• Guidelines