Home Organisations Health professionals Pharmacists Pharmacists Services, payments and programs if you’re a pharmacist. Tasks PBS services Check the availability of PBS services and systems, including phone lines. New health professional Apply for your initial Medicare provider number PRODA Learn how to create and use an account Services, payments and programs Disability Support Pension information for health professionals Information for health professionals whose patients are applying for Disability Support Pension (DSP). PBS and RPBS stationery Get PBS and RPBS stationery from our website, using an order form or from the Camerons Group. The stationery is free for eligible prescribers and approved suppliers. PBS approved supplier Approved suppliers can be an approved pharmacist, approved medical practitioner or approved hospital authority. PBS for pharmacists Services Australia can grant pharmacists approval to supply Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) subsidised items in accordance with section 90 of the National Health Act 1953. PBS Safety Net for pharmacists Information for pharmacists to help their customers access the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and PBS Safety Net Prescription Shopping Programme The Prescription Shopping Programme (PSP) helps prescribers check a patient’s prescribing history and make more informed prescribing decisions for their patient. Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement The Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement includes a number of initiatives to improve the use of and access to medicines in the community. View all services Help subjects AIR education for vaccination providers Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) education resources help you access and record information on the AIR. 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. View all help subjects News Medicare online accounts will look different this year We’ve improved Medicare online accounts for your patients. We are now Services Australia On 1 February 2020 we became Services Australia. We’re upgrading our digital health and aged care channels Health and aged care professionals will need to use web services compatible software to access our digital channels. We’re adding active catch up schedules to immunisation history statements From 18 January 2020, catch up schedules will appear on immunisation history statements. View all pharmacists news Was this page useful? No Yes Why? The content makes sense It was helpful to me It was well written The layout or style made it easy to read Something else Why not? It was poorly written It was not helpful to me The content is confusing The layout or style made it difficult to read I got a technical error Something else Thank you for your feedback. Leave this field blank
