Medicare

Follow the links below to find information about Medicare and the role of government in health insurance and funding.

Medicare Australia is Australia's primary health information management and payment agency. It administers many programs including Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register and the Australian Organ Donor Register.

For enquiries about Medicare, contact the Medicare Australia on 132 011 or by email to medicare@medicareaustralia.gov.au.

Media releases about Medicare are available from the Department of Human Services Media page.

Updated September 2011

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Title:   MSAC application process
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Applications can be made by the medical profession, medical industry and others with an interest in seeking Australian government funding under the Medicare Benefits Scheme for a new medical technology or procedure. Includes: how to make an application; MSAC application and assessment guidelines; downloadable MSAC application form.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Medicare safety net
Publisher:   Medicare Australia
Description:   If you need to see a doctor or have tests regularly you could end up with high medical costs. The Medicare safety net is designed to help you when you need it most
Date:   Jan 2012
Title:   Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   MRI is an expensive and sophisticated technology and since its introduction on the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS), MRI has been carefully managed through requester, provider and item level restrictions. These controls help support the provision of high quality, safe and cost-effective health care for all Australians.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Fact sheet 24 - Help for depression, anxiety and related disorders under Medicare
Publisher:   beyondblue
Description:   Fact sheet on Medicare rebates available for mental health services (eg. psychologists, psychiatrists).
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Welcome to the Medical Services Advisory Committee
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) advises the Minister on evidence relating to the safety, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of new medical technologies and procedures. It assists Government decisions about new medical services to attract funding under Medicare.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Doing business with Medicare Australia
Publisher:   Medicare Australia
Description:   List of pages helping you do business with Medicare Australia
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   GP Chronic disease management Medicare items for people with a chronic (or terminal) medical condition
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Planning your health care, Patient Information Sheet
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Telehealth - Modernising Medicare by providing rebates for online consultations
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   From 1 July 2011 people in remote, regional and outer metropolitan areas of Australia will have access to telehealth; an initiative allowing patients to have video consultations with a range of medical specialists. This will provide patients with easier access to specialists, without the time and expense involved in travelling to major cities.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Chronic disease induvidual allied health services under medicare - fact sheet
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information regarding the Medicare items for individual allied health services for people with chronic conditions and complex care needs.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Allied health individual services for patients with a chronic medical condition and complex care needs under Medicare
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Medicare rebates for certain allied health services are available for patients with chronic conditions and complex care needs on referral from their GP.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   About Medicare Australia
Publisher:   Medicare Australia
Description:   General information about Medicare Australia and it's health programs
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   MBS Primary Care Items
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) primary care items support primary care services including: general attendances, after-hours attendances, health assessments, nurse practitioners, midwives, chronic disease management and mental health care. Some of these services provide particular target groups with preventative health care or improve coordination of multidisciplinary care for people with chronic (or terminal) conditions and complex care needs. The items include support for services which may be provided by practice nurses, Aboriginal health workers and other allied health professionals.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   The Helping Children with Autism program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Helping Children with Autism program was implemented on 1 July 2008 across the Department of Health and Ageing, the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   MBS Online
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   MBS Online contains the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS), a listing of the Medicare services subsidised by the Australian government. The Schedule is part of the wider Medicare Benefits Scheme managed by the Department of Health and Ageing and administered by Medicare Australia.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   About Medicare and Diagnostic Imaging
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Responsibility for managing Medicare-funded Diagnostic Imaging (DI) services and determining strategies for maintaining and improving the quality, accessibility and affordability of these services is undertaken cooperatively between DI representative groups and the Government as represented by the Department of Health and Ageing (the Department).
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   General practitioners
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information on training opportunities, support initiatives and legislation affecting general practitioners.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   After Hours Other Medical Practitioners (AHOMPs) program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Changes to primary care items effective from 1 May 2010.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Section 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973 Fact sheet
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The purpose of this fact sheet is to provide an overview of detailed information that may relate to your restrictions under section 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act).
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Media release. March 2011 Medicare statistics
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   In the March quarter 2011, a total of $4.0 billion was paid in Medicare benefits for 78.7 million services. This represented 3.5 services and about $175 in benefits for every Australian.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the MBS (Better Access) initiative
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Better Access initiative provides better access to mental health practitioners through Medicare.
Date:   Nov 2011

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