Most useful information for Seeking medical help

1. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
2. How to get PBS medicines

Getting a refund when you don’t have your cards

You can still claim a refund from us for your PBS medicine if you don’t have your Medicare or concession cards.

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

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.

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

Get a Notice of charge for your Medicare compensation

You’ll need to get a Notice of charge if you don’t have a valid Notice of past benefits when your claim reaches judgment or settlement.

1. Australian Immunisation Register
2. What the register is

Overseas immunisations

How to add immunisations you’ve had overseas to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).

1. Disaster Health Care Assistance Scheme
2. Who can get it

Disaster health care assistance for Balimed 2002

There are specific reasons why you may get assistance for the bombing in Bali on 12 October 2002.

1. Disaster Health Care Assistance Scheme
2. Who can get it

Disaster health care assistance for Tsunami 2004

There are specific reasons why you may get assistance for the Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004.