Update: Equity adjustment to capitation begins rollout this month

This month Te Whatu Ora begins implementing targeted investment of around $37m for primary care to help address the issue of under-funding for Māori and Pacific providers and enable them to continue delivering services more equitably for Māori and Pacific populations.    

The ‘Primary Care Funding Formula – Equity Adjustments to Capitation’ is part of Budget 22 and will allocate $12.758m in FY 22/23 and $24.414m in FY 23/24 and beyond to Māori and Pacific providers and specific practices based on their enrolled Māori and Pacific (high needs) populations.    

The primary care equity adjustment funds will be disbursed to general practices through PHOs. We are currently waiting for our individual service agreement with Te Whatu Ora. Once that is in place, we will be able to invoice for the 2022/2023 Financial Year instalment. The payment date for this first instalment has intentionally been set as an historical date (20 April) so the invoice for this payment can be processed straight away.   

We have 93,000 Māori and 9,000 Pacific people enrolled with us across the network. Eleven of our practices will receive allocation. This is a positive start, and we will continue to push for expansion of the criteria and additional funding to benefit all our Māori and Pacific patients.  

For more information

See Funding boost to strengthen primary, community and rural care.