Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program

The Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP) supports practices and GPs to provide bulk billed care.

For more information about eligibility and upcoming changes, visit bulk billing incentives in general practice on the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing website.

Register for BBPIP as a practice

To register for BBPIP as a practice, you need to log in to PRODA to access HPOS on behalf of your organisation. In your Organisation Site Record on the Organisation Register:

  1. Select the Program Registration tab.
  2. Select New Program.
  3. Select MyMedicare BBPIP.
  4. Select Add Program and then OK.
  5. Enter the Registration Start Date. This is the date from which your practice will be assessed for BBPIP.
  6. Review details on the view only screen.
  7. Check declaration and select Save.

Log in to PRODA

You can find out more about BBPIP, registering for BBPIP and MyMedicare on the Health Professionals Education Resources website.

Participate in BBPIP as a provider

To participate in BBPIP as a provider, make sure your Medicare Provider Number is:

  • linked to a participating Medicare Bulk Billing Practice
  • used only for that Medicare Bulk Billing Practice
  • not an Urgent Care Clinic provider number.

Remember to update your bank details for MyMedicare.

Manage BBPIP

From mid-December 2025, practices and providers can forecast assessments, and from mid-January 2026 can review assessments. Practices can opt out and opt back in to BBPIP.

Practices and providers can forecast assessment for the current period once per day. An eligibility forecast is a point-in-time assessment based on available data at the time. It is subject to change based on updated data. A forecast doesn’t confirm final eligibility or payment for a given quarter.

On the HPOS home page:

  1. Select the My programs tile.
  2. Select the MyMedicare tile.
  3. Select the View Payment Eligibility tile.
  4. Select the Forecast assessment tab.
  5. From the Incentive type drop-down list, select Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program.
  6. If you’re in HPOS as an organisation, select your Organisation site in the drop-down list. If you’re in HPOS as an individual, select your Medicare Provider Number in the drop-down list.
  7. Select the Forecast button. The forecast should be available immediately, however, in some cases this may take longer to process (up to 1 hour).

The forecast can be viewed using search assessments.

Practices and providers can search for forecasts and assessments used for final payment determinations.

On the HPOS home page:

  1. Select the My programs tile.
  2. Select the MyMedicare tile.
  3. Select the View Payment Eligibility tile.
  4. Select the Search assessments tab.
  5. From the Incentive type drop-down list, select Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program.
  6. If you’re in HPOS as an organisation, select your Organisation site in the drop-down list. If you’re in HPOS as an individual, select your Medicare Provider Number in the drop-down list.
  7. Select from Financial quarter one or more periods or leave this blank to see all eligibility assessments.
  8. Select the Search button.
  9. Select View assessment on the relevant search result for an eligibility assessment.
  10. Select View forecast on the relevant search result for a forecast.

Practices and providers can review the details of BBPIP incentive payments.

On the HPOS home page:

  1. Select the My programs tile.
  2. Select the MyMedicare tile.
  3. Select the Search Payment History tile.
  4. From the Incentive type drop-down list, select Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program.
  5. If you’re in HPOS as an organisation you can either select Organisation site or Payment ID. If you’re in HPOS as an individual select Medicare Provider Number or Payment ID.
  6. Select More search options.
  7. Select the Search button. The search results will display summary information for each payment.
  8. Select View details on the relevant row in the search results to display the payment details.
  9. Select Download payment advice (PDF) if you want to save a copy of the Payment advice letter.
  10. Select View details to access the service details, used to calculate the payment.

A practice can opt out of BBPIP at any time. It’s possible to have several opt out periods. These opt out periods may affect payments to the practice and providers.

In your Organisation Site Record on the Organisation Register:

  1. Select the Program Registration tab.
  2. Select Details in the Action column for MyMedicare BBPIP.
  3. Select OK.
  4. Select Opt out.
  5. Check declaration and select OK.
  6. Review details on the view only screen.
  7. Check declaration and select Save.

If your practice is currently opted out of BBPIP, you may opt back in at any time.

In your Organisation Site Record on the Organisation Register:

  1. Select the Program Registration tab.
  2. Select Details in the Action column for MyMedicare BBPIP.
  3. Select OK.
  4. Select Opt in.
  5. Check declaration and select OK.
  6. Review details on the view only screen.
  7. Check declaration and select Save.
Page last updated: 1 November 2025.
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