Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program payments

Managing Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP) participation is now easier with Services Australia’s eligibility assessments.

General Practices participating in BBPIP are encouraged to login to Health Professional Online Services (HPOS) to check that all doctors are linked and have current bank details added to BBPIP to ensure timely payment. Each GP at your practice must login to Provider Digital Services (PRODA) individually to add bank account details for BBPIP (see Adding provider bank account details for BBPIP for step-by-step instructions).

GPs can enter their banking details up to one year after their payment was due, however they will not receive BBPIP payments until they do so. For this reason, and because the first BBPIP payment will be made in January 2026, we suggest that GPs enter their banking details as soon as possible. Once a provider adds their bank account details BBPIP payments will be processed and paid by Services Australia within a few business days and will appear in their bank account once processed by their bank.

Through HPOS, practices and providers participating in BBPIP can use:

• Forecast assessment to check eligibility requirements, monitor bulk billing percentages, and estimate practice payments at any point in the quarter
• Final assessment to confirm if requirements for BBPIP payments have been met and view the final payment after the end of the quarter.

If your practice is registered and meets BBPIP program requirements, your first BBPIP payment will be made in January 2026.

To ensure smooth payment, practices should:

• Check the registration start date
• Provide bank details for the practice and all linked providers for BBPIP
• Keep accreditation up to date
• Link all providers with separate provider numbers for each site.

MyMedicare – Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program resource

The following Services Australia resource (MYMEDM05-MyMedicare – Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP)) includes detailed screenshots of the forecast tool for your reference on slides 5 – 10 (click on the ‘Forecast Assessment’ or ‘Final Assessment’ button).

The forecast assessment will provide a point-in-time assessment of your payment eligibility for the current period, based on available data from the time the assessment was run. Note that practices can only run one forecast assessment per day.

Use your forecast or final assessment (see slide 7) to:

1. Confirm that all your providers have bank account details added
   • If any provider bank details are missing, you can identify those providers using the ‘providers’ tab (see slide 8)
   • Each doctor must login to PRODA as an individual to update their bank account details for BBPIP.  If a GP delivers services across multiple locations, they must nominate bank details at each BBPIP participating practice location. Please refer to Services Australia resource Adding provider bank account details for BBPIP for step-by-step instructions for providers.
2. Check your BBPIP Registration Date is correct.
   • Check the ‘Days counted for payment’ (see slide 8)
   • Practices may backdate BBPIP registration (to as early as 1 November 2025), so long as they were bulk billing all eligible services from this date.

For more information, visit health.gov.au/BBPIP.

Other useful links

• MBS bulk billing incentives – expansion of eligibility
  • For information on the 1 November 2025 changes to Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) bulk billing incentive payments for general practice.
• Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program website
  • For information on how to register for BBPIP, information updates for BBPIP registered practices and providers, and BBPIP resources.
• Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program eligibility assessments
  • For information on Services Australia’s new eligibility assessments, including forecast assessments, final assessments and BBPIP payment detail.

For further information you can visit our website or reach out for support at practicesupport@emphn.org.au