Contact

Health professionals can contact us online, by phone, email or post.

If you’re a health professional contact us using one of the options on this page.

If you’re a customer, corporate stakeholder, or business, contact us using the contact options for you.

Contacting us online

Health Professional Online Services (HPOS) provides secure and convenient online services for health professionals and administrators. Using this service may save you having to email, call or write to us.

Contacting us by phone, email or post

What the phone costs are

Call costs from a landline to a:

  • 13 number from anywhere in Australia cost the same as your other local calls
  • 1800 number (Freecallâ„¢) are free.

These numbers may cost more to call from a public or mobile phone.

Some of our phone lines are either closed or have limited operating times on public holidays. We recommend you make your call on standard business days.

How to contact us

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90 day pay doctor cheque scheme

Phone: 132 150 for information about the scheme Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm Australian Western Standard Time (AWST).

Fax: 08 8274 9307

Post to:

Services Australia
GPO Box 570
ADELAIDE SA 5001
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Access linePhone: 1800 556 955 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm local time.
Aboriginal Health Services (claiming and supply of PBS items)

Phone: 132 290 24 hours, 7 days.

Email: qld.ahs@servicesaustralia.gov.au

Post to:

Remote Area Aboriginal Health Services
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Services Australia
PO Box 9826
BRISBANE QLD 4001
Aboriginal Health Services (eligibility criteria and Approval enquiries - Department of Health and Aged Care)Email: pbs-indigenous@health.gov.au

Aged care providers - general enquiries including:

  • aged care legislation and policy
  • merging services
  • provider accreditation.
Contact the Department of Health in your state or territory.

Aged care providers - claims and payments including:

  • using digital claiming, including the Aged Care Provider Portal (ACPP)
  • ACPP registration
  • residential, home care and flexible claims in the ACPP
  • Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC)
  • residential and home care entry events
  • supplements
  • bank details
  • ordering the aged care means assessment forms.

Phone: 1800 195 206 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).

Post to:

Services Australia
Aged Care Payments Team
PO Box 7854
CANBERRA BC ACT 2610

If the ACPP is not available, email aged.care.liaison@servicesaustralia.gov.au

Aged care providers - entry into care including:

  • Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT)
  • assignment of home care packages
  • Aged Care Funding Instrument.
Phone My Aged Care: 1800 200 422

Aged care providers:

Phone My Aged Care: 1800 836 799

Aged care providers - DVA general enquiries including:

  • means test assessments for eligible veterans and war widows or widowers
  • Veterans supplement.
Phone Department of Veterans’ Affairs: 133 254 or 1800 195 206 if you’re in a regional area.
Aged care software vendors

Phone: 1300 550 115 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).

Email: agedcareonline@servicesaustralia.gov.au

Australian Immunisation Register

Phone: 1800 653 809 for AIR general enquiries Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm local time.

Phone: 1300 650 039 for AIR Internet helpdesk Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm local time.

Fax: 08 9254 4810

Email: air@servicesaustralia.gov.au

Post to:

Australian Immunisation Register
PO Box 7852
CANBERRA ACT 2610
Bulk Bill late lodgement applications

Post to:

Services Australia
Medicare Provider Services
GPO Box 9822
[Your capital city]
Change multiple provider location ID registration details (Medicare eClaiming Programs section)

Phone: 1800 700 199 Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm local time.

Email: ebusiness@servicesaustralia.gov.au

Child Dental Benefits Schedule

Phone: 132 150 24 hours, 7 days.

When calling, enter your 6-digit provider number. If required, insert 0s at the beginning to make up a total of 6 digits.

Complaints and feedbackPhone: 1800 132 468 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm local time.
Diagnostic imaging and radiation oncology practices - LSPN

Applying for a Location Specific Practice Number (LSPN) for diagnostic imaging and radiation oncology practices:

Phone: 1800 620 589 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm local time.

eBusiness Service Centre (Medicare)

Phone: 1800 700 199 Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm local time.

Fax: 03 9605 7981

Email: ebusiness@servicesaustralia.gov.au

ECLIPSE registration or enquiries

Phone: 1800 700 199 Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm local time.

Fax: 03 9605 7981

Email: ebusiness@servicesaustralia.gov.au

Education for health professionalsEmail: medicare.education@servicesaustralia.gov.au

General Practice Training Payments

Contact us about registering for General Practice Training Payments in the Organisation Register.

Contact your college if you have any questions about payments.

Phone: 1800 222 032 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm AEST.
Goods and services tax (Medicare)

Phone: 1800 653 629 Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm AEST.

Fax: 1800 069 288

Email: ABN.RCTI.notifications@servicesaustralia.gov.au

Post to:

Services Australia
GST Programme
GPO Box 2956
ADELAIDE SA 5001
Health complianceContact the Department of Health and Aged Care compliance division.
Healthcare Identifiers Service for health professionals Operations Team

Phone: 1300 361 457 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm AEST.

Email: healthcareidentifiers@servicesaustralia.gov.au

Healthcare Identifiers Vendor Operations TeamEmail: co.hi.vendor.operations@servicesaustralia.gov.au
Health Professional Online Services (HPOS)Phone: 132 150 option 6 - electronic claiming or Health Professional Online Services (HPOS) Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm AWST.

Incentive programs (Medicare) including:

  • Workforce Incentive Program - Practice Stream
  • Practice Incentives Program

Phone: 1800 222 032 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm ACST.

Fax: 1300 587 696

Practice Incentives Program

Email: pip@servicesaustralia.gov.au Workforce Incentive Program - Practice Stream

Email: wippractice@servicesaustralia.gov.au

Post to:

Incentives Programs
GPO Box 2572
ADELAIDE SA 5001
Indigenous Access Program

Post to:

PO Box 1001
TUGGERANONG ACT 2901
Information releaseEmail: medicare.disclosure@servicesaustralia.gov.au
Interpreters

Phone: 132 011 for patient use only Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm local time.

Your patients can call this number if they need an interpreter for Medicare services. We’ll arrange one for free.

MBS item interpretation (Medicare)

Phone: 132 150 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm local time.

Choose option 3 for questions about the interpretation of items in the MBS.

Medical Indemnity and Midwife Professional Indemnity Schemes

Email: medical.indemnity@servicesaustralia.gov.au

Post to:

Services Australia
PO Box 1001
TUGGERANONG ACT 2901
Medicare Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Access Line

Phone: 1800 556 955 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm local time.

Post to:

Indigenous Access
GPO Box 9822
[Your capital city]
Medicare Claims Section late lodgement applications

Post to:

Services Australia
Medicare Claims Section
PO Box 9822
[Your capital city]
Medicare provider enquiries (Medicare Program)

Phone: 132 150

When calling the provider enquiry line these options are available:

  • Option 1 - Medicare card enquiries (24 hours, 7 days)
  • Option 2 - Claiming, payment and general enquiries (24 hours, 7 days) and Provider Registration, including MyMedicare and Organisation Register enquiries (8:30 am to 5:00 pm local time)
  • Option 3 - MBS item interpretation (Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm local time)
  • Option 4 - for assistance completing Centrelink medical certificates (Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm local time)
  • Option 5 - Child Dental Benefits enquiries and concessional entitlement status confirmation (24 hours, 7 days)
    • Sub-option 1 - Child Dental Benefits Schedule
    • Sub-option 2 - Medicare concessional entitlement status
  • Option 6 - electronic claiming or Health Professional Online Services (HPOS) (Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm AWST).

Post to:

Medicare
GPO Box 9822
[Your capital city]
My Health Record registration enquiriesPhone: 1800 723 471, option 2 24 hours, 7 days.
Developer Support and Online Technical Support (OTS) for Software Vendors

Phone: 1300 550 115 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm AEST.

Developer Liaison - first point of contact for registration as a software developer

Email: developerliaison@servicesaustralia.gov.au.

OTS Software Vendor Technical Support - helps you diagnose and resolve technical issues during the development and production stages, including technical issues encountered in the vendor environment.

Email: onlineclaiming@servicesaustralia.gov.au.

OTS Product Integration Team - helps you test your software products to achieve a Notice of Integration (NOI) or Notice of Connection (NOC).

Email: itest@servicesaustralia.gov.au

Optometrist’s date of service check

Phone: 1300 652 752

  • Option 1 - Medicare patients (24 hours, 7 days)
  • Option 2 - DVA patients (Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm ACST).
Pathology Registration Enquiries

Phone: 1300 721 546 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm AEST.

Post to:

Services Australia
Pathology Registration
GPO Box 9822
MELBOURNE VIC 3001

Fax: 03 9605 7984

PBS authority approvals

For Authority required (streamlined) items find streamlined authority codes in the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits.

You don’t need to call us to get an authority approval number to prescribe PBS streamlined authority required items, unless you require increased quantities or repeats.

For Authority required items or increased quantities and repeats:

  • use the Online PBS Authorities system for most items
  • Phone: 1800 888 333
  • 24 hours, 7 days.

If you hear an emergency message, you must follow the emergency provision arrangements.

For written authority required items:

  • upload through HPOS
  • Post to:

    Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
    Reply Paid 9857
    [Your capital city]

For Written Authority Application Forms for Complex Drugs Programs:

  • upload through HPOS
  • Post to:

    Services Australia Complex Drugs Programs
    Reply Paid 9826
    HOBART TAS 7001
PBS Complex Drugs Programs enquiry line

Phone: 1800 700 270 Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm local time for more information.

Post to:

Services Australia
Complex Drugs Programs
Reply Paid 9826
HOBART TAS 7001
PBS general enquiries

Phone: 132 290 24 hours, 7 days.

Option 1 - Concession and Medicare entitlement

Option 2 - All claim payment, Safety Net, stationery and general enquiries.

Post to:

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
GPO Box 9856
[Your capital city]
PBS Safety Net for pharmacists

For PBS Safety Net applications that have been rejected for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic please email CO.PBS.Program.Delivery@servicesaustralia.gov.au.

To enquire about charging items at the PBS Safety Net rate please call:

To submit a claim for a refund, complete or direct the patient to the patient claim for refund form and

  • Post to:

    Services Australia
    GPO Box 9826
    [Your capital city]
PKI site and individual certificates

Phone: 1800 700 199 Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm AWST.

(For queries about the Disability Medical Assessment Referral System choose option 2).

Email: ebusiness@servicesaustralia.gov.au.

Prescription Shopping Information ServicePhone: 1800 631 181 24 hours, 7 days.
Reporting suspected fraud

Phone: 131 524 Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm local time.

Fax: 1300 657 239

Post to:

Customer Compliance Branch
Business Integrity
Services Australia
PO Box 9822
SYDNEY NSW 2001
RPBS authority telephone applicationsPhone: 1800 552 580 24 hours, 7 days, call charges may apply.
Scams and identity theft

Get help with a scam or report identity theft.
Phone: 1800 941 126 Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm.

Email: protectyouridentity@servicesaustralia.gov.au

Simplified Billing/ECLIPSE

  • Enquiries from Private health insurers or Billing Agents about Simplified Billing/ECLIPSE claims processing.
Phone: 1300 130 043 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, AEST, call charges may apply.
Statistical reporting on MedicareEmail: statistics@servicesaustralia.gov.au
Telephone Type Writer (TTY)Phone: 1800 810 586 for information about payments and services.
Veterans’ Affairs Processing (VAP) programme enquiry linePhone: 1300 550 017 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm local time.
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) - Doctor Stream

Phone: 1800 222 032 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Australian Central Standard Time (ACST).

Fax: 1300 588 673

Post to:

Workforce Incentive Program - Doctor Stream
Services Australia
GPO Box 2844
ADELAIDE SA 5001
Workforce Incentive Program (WIP) - Rural Advanced SkillsPhone: 1800 222 032 Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Australian Central Standard Time (ACST).
Page last updated: 1 October 2024.
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