If you live with a long-term health condition, your GP may have talked to you about a care plan. You might know it as a GP Management Plan (GPMP), an EPC plan or a chronic disease management plan. Since 1 July 2025, these have been replaced by the GP Chronic Condition Management Plan, or GPCCMP.
Here's what the plan is, who can get one, what it covers, and how to get real value from each review.
What is a GP Chronic Condition Management Plan?
A GPCCMP is a Medicare-supported plan your GP prepares with you, often with help from a practice nurse. It sets out your health goals, the care you need, and who will provide it. It replaced both the old GP Management Plan and the Team Care Arrangement. Referrals to allied health are now simpler, done with a standard referral letter.
Who is eligible?
You may be eligible if you have at least one medical condition that has lasted, or is likely to last, six months or more, or a terminal condition. There's no official list of conditions; your GP decides based on your situation. Common examples include diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, asthma and chronic pain.
If you're registered with a practice through MyMedicare, your plan needs to come from that practice.
What does the plan give you access to?
- Allied health visits: up to 5 Medicare-rebated individual allied health visits per calendar year (10 for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people). Examples include dietitians, physiotherapists, exercise physiologists and podiatrists.
- Flexibility: you can use all five with one provider or split them across several.
- No carry-over: unused visits don't roll into the next year.
- Practice nurse support: up to 5 services per year from a practice nurse on behalf of your GP.
- Type 2 diabetes: you may also be eligible for group sessions with a dietitian, diabetes educator or exercise physiologist.
Many providers charge a gap fee on top of the Medicare rebate, so ask when you book.
How often is the plan reviewed?
Your plan doesn't expire, but it's designed to be reviewed. Your GP can review it every three months where it's clinically helpful. To keep your access to Medicare-rebated allied health visits, your plan needs to have been prepared or reviewed within the last 18 months.
At each review, your GP looks at your progress against your goals and decides whether the plan needs updating.
Still on an old GPMP or Team Care Arrangement?
Plans made before 1 July 2025 still work until 30 June 2027. When your plan is next due for review, your GP will move you onto a new GPCCMP. From 1 July 2027, you'll need a GPCCMP to keep accessing allied health services.
How to get the most out of each review
A review appointment is often short. What you bring to it shapes what comes out of it.
- Ask for a copy of your plan. Know what your goals are, so you know what you're working towards between visits.
- Track how you're going day to day. Three months is a long time to remember accurately. A simple daily note on sleep, energy, mood, symptoms, activity and whether you took your medications gives your GP a clear picture instead of a vague "pretty good, I think".
- Write your questions down before you go. The important ones are easy to forget once you're in the room.
- Bring your record to every appointment. That includes allied health visits. Your dietitian or physio can see what's happening between sessions too.
- Keep count of your allied health visits. It's your responsibility to track how many you've used. You can check this in your Medicare online account.
- Book your next review before you leave. Regular reviews keep your plan current and your referrals active.
Where a 90-day planner fits
Three-monthly reviews make 90 days a natural tracking window. The My90DayPlanner was designed for exactly this kind of between-visit tracking:
- Daily wellbeing tracking: quick fields to record how you're going each day.
- A prompt to bring it along: so it becomes part of the conversation with your GP, dietitian, physio or coach.
- Milestone certificates at Day 30, 60 and 90: small wins that keep you going between reviews.
It doesn't replace medical advice. It helps you arrive at each appointment with a clear record of the last three months.
Practitioners and clinics: if you'd like to offer the planner to patients on care plans, email alie@my90dayplanner.com.au about bulk orders.
This article is general information only and was current as of September 2026. Medicare rules can change. Check with your GP or Medicare for advice about your own situation.