Allied health professionals

Health payments, programs and services including HPOS, for practice staff, health workers and pharmacy staff.

Tasks

Subscribe for news

We'll send you regular news highlights

Renew your ACC

Apply early for your Approved Collection Centre renewal

PRODA

Learn how to create and use an account

Services, payments and programs

Child Dental Benefits Schedule for health professionals

Information for dental practitioners who provide dental services through the Child Dental Benefits Schedule.

Closing the Gap PBS Co-payment for health professionals

Health professionals can help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians access low cost or free PBS medicines.

Disability Support Pension information for health professionals

Information for health professionals whose patients are applying for Disability Support Pension (DSP).

Healthcare Identifiers Service for health professionals

A national system that uses a unique number to match healthcare providers to individuals.

National Authentication Service for Health

Healthcare providers and supporting organisations use the National Authentication Service for Health (NASH) to securely access and share health information.

PBS and RPBS stationery

You need to use official prescription stationery to prescribe PBS and RPBS medicines.

Practice Incentives Program

The Practice Incentives Program (PIP) encourages general practices to continue providing quality care, enhance capacity, and improve access and health outcomes for patients.

Public Key Infrastructure

Services Australia Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificates are one way health professionals get secure access to our online services.

Remote Area Aboriginal Health Services (RAAHS or AHS) and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

RAAHS provide eligible Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines for free to patients in remote areas.

Simplified Billing and ECLIPSE

Simplified Billing aims to reduce the number of accounts a private patient receives after being in hospital. ECLIPSE is an extension of Medicare Online claiming.

View all services

Help subjects

Doing business online for health professionals

Use our online business solutions to save you time and paperwork, and help you get payments faster.

DVA education for health professionals

Help with Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) billing and claiming.

Education services for health professionals

Education resources to help you understand our health programs and do business with us.

Getting started with digital health

Electronic management of health and health related information. It’s a safer, better quality, more equitable and sustainable health system for all Australians.

Health professionals starting with Medicare

What you need to do to get set up with Medicare and more.

Incentive Programs education for health professionals

Learn about Incentive Programs to help you and your staff do business with us.

Independent review of health providers’ access to Medicare card numbers

The Australian Government commissioned a review in response to claims Medicare card details were sold on the internet. The review has closed and we are now implementing the recommendations.

Indigenous health education for health professionals

Learn about our health program payments and services to help improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians’ health outcomes.

Medicare information for health professionals

Important information for accessing Medicare as a health professional.

Online options for health professionals

Online options to help you do business securely, faster and easier.

View all help subjects