General Practice in Aged Care Incentive (GPACI)

The GPACI aims to enhance the quality and continuity of care for residents in residential aged care homes.

Benefits of GPACI

For Patients:

Regular Visits: Ensures residents in residential aged care homes receive regular visits and care planning services from their responsible GP and practice.
Continuity of Care: Supports continuous, quality care and aims to reduce avoidable hospitalisations.

For Practices:

Incentive Payments: Quarterly incentive payments for services to registered patients in residential aged care homes.
Financial Support: Payments of $300 per patient per year for GPs and $130 per patient per year for practices.

These initiatives support healthcare providers in delivering high-quality, tailored care to keep patients with complex, chronic diseases out of hospitals.

General Practice in Aged Care Incentive – including Guidelines, fact sheets, FAQ’s – for General Practices, Residential Aged Care Homes, GP Providers and residents.

Support from CESPHN and contact:

If your practice is considering registering for MyMedicare or would like more information, please contact the Practice Support team below.
If your practices is already registered for MyMedicare and your GPs are servicing residents in residential aged care homes and would like to register for the GP Aged Care Incentive, please contact the Digital Health team below.

Practice Support

Team: practicesupport@cesphn.com.au

Digital Health Team: digitalhealth@cesphn.com.au