Most useful information for Medicare

1. Medicare Compensation Recovery
2. What you need to do

After your Medicare compensation claim reaches settlement or judgment

If you need to review or amend your claim please refer to the following.

1. Top payments
2. Medicare card

Remove someone from a Medicare card

You can update your card when your circumstances change.

1. Health and disability
2. Medicare

How to claim a Medicare benefit

Help with medical costs and bulk billing. How Medicare works with tax and private health insurance.

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. Top payments
2. Medicare card

Add someone to a Medicare card

You can update your card when your circumstances change.

1. Medicare
2. What's covered

Screening, tests and scans covered by Medicare

You may be able to access preventive cancer screening programs. We can also help with the cost of a range of tests and scans.

1. How to enrol
2. Enrolling in Medicare

Enrolling in Medicare if you’re a New Zealand citizen

To enrol in Medicare you need to prove you live in Australia.

1. Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
2. Medicare online help guides

Medicare online account help - Manage more than one Medicare card number

Instructions on how to manage more than one Medicare card number using your online account.

1. Seeking medical help
2. Most useful information

Authorisation to act on an incapacitated person's behalf for Medicare purposes form (MO050)

Use this form if you want to act on behalf of someone who is incapable of managing their own affairs for Medicare services.

1. Low Income Health Care Card
2. How to manage your card

Lost or stolen Low Income Health Care Card

We can replace a lost or stolen card.