Most useful information for Medicare

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

Medicare online account help - Confirm your Medicare Safety Net family

Instructions on how to confirm your Medicare Safety Net family using your Medicare online account.

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

Notice of past benefits for Medicare compensation recovery

A Notice of past benefits lists the Medicare benefits you need to repay from your compensation.

1. Enrolling in Medicare
2. If you’re an Australian permanent resident

Documents to enrol in Medicare if you’re a permanent resident

You need to provide documents that prove your identity and residency.

1. How to enrol
2. Enrolling in Medicare

Enrolling in Medicare if you’re an Australian citizen

To enrol as an Australian citizen in Medicare you need to prove your identity and residency.

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. Seeking medical help
2. Get health care

Concession and health care cards

Concession and health care cards can get you cheaper health services and medicines.

1. Top payments
2. Individual Healthcare Identifiers

How to get an Individual Healthcare Identifier

Find out how to get an Individual Healthcare Identifier (IHI).

1. Pensioner Concession Card
2. Who needs to apply

Renewing a Pensioner Concession Card

How to renew your Pensioner Concession Card.

1. Natural disaster
2. Most useful information

Crisis and other help

We can help if you’re in severe financial hardship, recovering from a disaster, or need special assistance.

1. Medicare self service
2. Medicare online account

Register for MyMedicare

You can register for MyMedicare using your online account or with your general practitioner. You can change or withdraw at any time.