It Looks Like The ePIP Program Has Created Quite A Few Unhappy Campers!

This appeared last week:'We're becoming unviable,' says GP hit with $22k e-PIP repaymentAntony Scholefield20 December 2017 General practice has lost a total of almost $11 million in e-health cash incentives since new requirements were introduced in 2016, the Department of Health has revealed.The Practice Incentive Program (PIP) payments were linked to uploading My Health Record shared health summaries for 0.5% of patients every quarter - starting from the quarter ending July 2016.However, health department figures show that of the 5000 practices registered for the so-called e-PIP, about 1,440 were asked to repay the funds in April, after falling short of the My Health Record requirements. Although some practices appealed, about 1,170 had repaid an average of $9000 each by the end of November this year.Melbourne GP Dr Igor Jakubowicz (pictured) told Australian Doctor his practice was asked to repay more than $22,000. “We’re becoming... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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