Most useful information for Medicare

1. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
2. When you spend a lot on PBS medicines

Medicines that count towards the threshold

Know which medicines will count towards the PBS Safety Net threshold.

1. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
2. When you spend a lot on PBS medicines

Keep track of your PBS medicines

Keep track of your PBS medicines so you know when you’ve reached the PBS Safety Net threshold.

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

Posting PBS medicine overseas

You can’t legally send some 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 know

Once your Medicare compensation recovery claim is finalised

When your claim reaches judgment or settlement, the Notice of charge amount is required to be paid to us.

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.