Most useful information for Medicare

1. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
2. How to manage your PBS medicine overseas

Posting PBS medicine overseas

There are strict rules around when you can post PBS medicines overseas.

1. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
2. How to manage your PBS medicine overseas

Running out of PBS medicines when overseas

Find out what your options are if you run out of your PBS medicine when overseas.

1. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
2. How to manage your PBS medicine overseas

Travelling with medicines that are prohibited exports

Some PBS medicines may be a prohibited export under customs regulations.

1. Medicare Compensation Recovery
2. What you need to know

Your compensation payer’s responsibility for Medicare compensation recovery

When you make a compensation claim for an injury or illness, there are things the compensation payer must tell us.

1. Medicare Compensation Recovery
2. What you need to know

Your responsibility for Medicare compensation recovery

When you make a claim for compensation for an injury or illness, you must tell us certain details.

1. Medicare Compensation Recovery
2. What you need to know

Notice of past benefits for Medicare compensation recovery

A Notice of past benefits lists the Medicare benefits you need to repay from your compensation.

1. Medicare Compensation Recovery
2. What you need to do

Before your Medicare compensation claim settles or reaches judgment

What you need to do before your compensation claim settles or reaches judgment.

1. What you need to do
2. When your claim reaches settlement or judgment

Make an advance payment on your Medicare compensation

Your compensation payer can pay us a 10% advance of your compensation payment in some circumstances.

1. Medicare Compensation Recovery
2. What you need to do

When your Medicare compensation claim reaches settlement or judgment

When your compensation claim reaches settlement or judgment, you or your compensation payer have to repay any amount owing.

1. What you need to do
2. When your claim reaches settlement or judgment

Complete a Medicare Compensation Recovery Section 23A statement

Complete a Section 23A Statement if you don’t have a valid Notice of past benefits.