Most useful information for Medicare

1. How your Medicare card and account work
2. Acting arrangements for Medicare

Acting for someone with Medicare

You can act for someone to help them with their Medicare business.

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

Once your Medicare compensation recovery claim is finalised

When your claim reaches judgment or settlement, the Notice of charge amount is required to be paid to us.

1. Health and disability
2. Medicare

How to enrol in Medicare

How to enrol and get started in Medicare.

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 - Add someone to your Medicare card

Instructions on how to add someone 15 or older to your Medicare card using your Medicare online account.

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. How to enrol
2. Enrolling in Medicare

Enrolling in Medicare if you’re an Australian permanent resident

To enrol as an Australian resident you need to have a permanent resident visa or have applied for one.

1. How your Medicare card and account work
2. Acting arrangements for Medicare

Someone to act for you with Medicare

You can ask someone to act on your behalf for your Medicare business.

Explanation or formal review of a decision form (SS351)

Use this form to ask for an explanation or formal review of a decision.

Severe financial hardship for Crisis Payment

For the purposes of Crisis Payment, you’re in severe financial hardship if you meet certain criteria.