Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program

In addition to the bulk billing incentive expansion, from 1 November 2025, general practice can choose to participate in the new Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP).

Under the incentive, practices will receive an additional 12.5% incentive payment on every $1 of MBS benefit earned from eligible services. This payment will be split evenly (50/50) between GPs and practices.

Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program Guidelines

The Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP) Guidelines provide guidance to practices and providers that participate in BBPIP. The guidelines provide advice on the eligibility requirements, assessment approach, payment system, and the appeals process. Please note, the guidelines are subject to change.

Download guidelines

To participate, practices must:

Bulk bill all eligible services for all patients (all GPs in the practice must participate)
Advertise participation in the program, including on the National Health Services Directory
Be registered with MyMedicare. New practices registering in BBPIP will be exempt from MyMedicare accreditation requirements (end date for exemption not confirmed at this stage).
Register to participate in BBPIP via the Organisation Register. Registration instructions are available here.

Bulk Billing Incentives Calculator

A new calculator has been released for general practice owners, managers and individual general practitioners to estimate annual earnings from Medicare Bulk Billing Incentives (BBIs) and the new Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program (BBPIP), starting 1 November 2025. Access to the Bulk Billing Incentives Calculator can be obtained Bulk Billing Incentives Calculator can be obtained here.

A Bulk Billing Incentives Calculator User Guide is also available explaining how to use the calculator.

The calculator uses MBS information about BBPIP MBS eligible services only. It uses data to build an average annual provider and practice payment estimate for BBPIP MBS eligible services for your practice type and location. The payment model can be used as a baseline to estimate if you will benefit from joining BBPIP.

To get the most accurate estimate, have these details handy before you commence using the calculator:

Select your role as a general practitioner (GP) or a practice manager (or equivalent)
Practice location by Modified Monash Model (MMM) classification
Percentage of billings paid to the practice
Billing type – bulk billing only, mixed billing or private billing · Number of BBPIP MBS eligible services provided per year · Percentage of BBPIP MBS eligible services provided to concession card holders or children under 16 years old
Your bulk billing rates, average privately billed fees and annual proportion of BBPIP MBS eligible service types, including:
- Short (level A)
- Standard (level B)
- Long (level C)
- Extended/Prolonged (level D/E)
- Management plans and reviews
- Other BBPIP MBS eligible services

These details can be found in your practice management system. Please refer to the User Guide for step-by-step instructions to support use of the calculator.