GP Management Plan to GPCCMP: What Allied Health Needs to Know
By The Kitt Team
The GP Management Plan has a new name and a new structure. From 1 July 2025, it became the GP Chronic Condition Management Plan, or GPCCMP. The old GPMP (item 721) and Team Care Arrangement (TCA, item 723) were merged into a single plan.
For allied health, the fundamentals haven’t moved. Your patients still get up to 5 allied health services per calendar year under Medicare. You still report back to the referring GP. The item numbers you use haven’t changed.
A few things are worth knowing before the next referral arrives in your inbox.
What Changed
This is a structural change, not a cosmetic one. The CDM framework previously had two separate pathways: the GPMP, through which a GP prepared a management plan for a patient with a chronic or complex condition, and the TCA, which coordinated care across a multidisciplinary team. They’re now one instrument.
GPs use two new items: item 965 to prepare a GPCCMP, and item 967 to review one. The old items for GPMP and TCA preparation are gone. The TCA as a concept has been retired entirely.
That means no more separate coordination step before allied health clinicians can be involved in a patient’s care. The GP prepares the GPCCMP and refers directly from there. Simpler on paper; worth understanding in practice so you know what to expect from incoming referrals.
What Stayed the Same for Allied Health
Most of your day-to-day work is unchanged.
- Up to 5 allied health services per calendar year under a GPCCMP. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients remain eligible for up to 10 services.
- Existing item numbers are unchanged, though their descriptions were updated on 1 July 2025 to reference the GPCCMP. Physio patients, for example, are still billed under item 10960. See Medicare care plans for allied health for a full breakdown by discipline.
- The 20-minute minimum per session still applies.
- Written report back to the GP is still required: on the first service, the last service, and when a clinically significant matter arises during treatment.
This is consistent with how the Medicare 5-visit rule has always worked. Five visits, calendar year, documented reports at the start and end. Nothing new there.
What’s Different
Three things have actually changed for allied health under the GPCCMP.
1. Referrals must be a signed, dated written letter.
The old TCA form is gone. GPs now refer patients to allied health via a signed, dated letter. That letter is your evidence of referral. If one arrives without a signature, without a date, or in the old TCA format, follow up with the GP’s practice before seeing the patient under this scheme.
2. You no longer confirm participation before the GP refers.
Under the TCA process, a GP was expected to confirm that each allied health clinician had agreed to participate before finalising the arrangement. That step no longer exists. The GP prepares the plan and issues a referral; you accept the patient or you don’t. It’s a simpler handoff, and one less thing to chase up.
3. The 18-month eligibility window.
For a patient to access allied health services under the GPCCMP, their GP must have prepared or reviewed their plan within the previous 18 months. This is worth checking when a new referral comes through, particularly for patients who haven’t seen their GP recently. If the plan is outside that window, the patient isn’t currently eligible and needs to go back to their GP for a review before you can bill under this scheme.
The 2027 Cliff: What Happens to Legacy Plans
If your patient has an existing GPMP or TCA that was active before 1 July 2025, they’re not cut off yet.
Legacy plans remain valid for allied health services until 30 June 2027. You can continue seeing those patients under their existing arrangements through to that date. From 1 July 2027, only patients with a valid GPCCMP are eligible for Medicare-rebated allied health services under this framework.
One important detail: the review items for the old GPMP and TCA ceased on 1 July 2025. GPs cannot issue new reviews under those items. A legacy plan that was never reviewed cannot be renewed; it simply runs until the 2027 cutoff and stops.
If a patient comes in on a legacy plan and hasn’t transitioned yet, encourage them to book a GPCCMP appointment with their GP sooner rather than later. Leaving it until mid-2027 creates unnecessary pressure if appointment availability gets tight. Two years sounds like a long runway. It goes faster than you’d think.
For more context on how enhanced primary care plans sit alongside the GPCCMP, that post covers the broader CDM framework.
How Kitt Helps
Kitt generates the allied health documentation you need for GPCCMP patients from your session notes, including the written report back to the GP. You review it, adjust if needed, and it’s ready to send. Kitt handles documentation only, not billing.
FAQ
Do I still need to confirm participation before the GP refers?
No. That was part of the old TCA process. Under the GPCCMP, the GP issues a referral letter and you proceed from there. No prior confirmation required.
Does my patient still get 5 visits per year?
Yes. Up to 5 allied health services per calendar year, or up to 10 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. This hasn’t changed.
Do I still need to report back to the GP?
Yes. A written report is required on the first service, the last service, and when clinically significant matters arise during the course of treatment. Same obligation as before.
My patient has a legacy GPMP that was never reviewed. Can I still see them?
Yes, until 30 June 2027. Legacy GPMP and TCA plans remain valid for allied health through to that date. After 1 July 2027, patients need a valid GPCCMP to access Medicare-rebated allied health services under this framework.
Key Takeaways
- The GP Management Plan is now the GPCCMP (from 1 July 2025): the GPMP (item 721) and TCA (item 723) merged into a single plan; your allied health item numbers are unchanged (descriptions updated to reference the GPCCMP), and your patients’ 5-visit entitlement is unchanged.
- Referrals now arrive as a signed, dated letter, not the old TCA form; patients must have a GPCCMP prepared or reviewed within the previous 18 months to be eligible.
- Legacy GPMP/TCA plans stay valid until 30 June 2027, but the review items for those old plans ceased on 1 July 2025, so a plan that was never reviewed cannot be renewed and simply runs until the cutoff.