Most useful information for Seeking medical help

1. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
2. How to manage your PBS medicine overseas

Posting PBS medicine overseas

You can’t legally send some PBS medicines overseas.

1. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
2. How to manage your PBS medicine overseas

Running out of PBS medicines when overseas

Find out what your options are if you run out of your PBS medicine when overseas

1. Australian Victim of Terrorism Overseas Payment
2. How to claim

May 2024 Bamyan, Afghanistan shooting for Australian Victims of Terrorism Overseas Payment open for claims

Forms to claim the Australian Victim of Terrorism Overseas Payment (AVTOP) for the May 2024 Bamyan, Afghanistan shooting.

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. Medicare Compensation Recovery
2. What you need to do

Before your Medicare compensation claim settles or reaches judgment

What you need to do before your compensation claim settles or reaches judgment.

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. 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 one when your claim settles.

1. What you need to do
2. When your claim reaches settlement or judgment

Complete a Medicare Compensation Recovery Section 23A statement

Complete a Section 23A Statement if you don’t have a valid Notice of past benefits.

1. Disaster Health Care Assistance Scheme
2. Who can get it

Disaster health care assistance for Tsunami 2004

There are specific reasons why you may get assistance for the Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004.

1. Disaster Health Care Assistance Scheme
2. Who can get it

Disaster health care assistance for London bombing 2005

There are specific reasons why you may get assistance for the bombing in London on 7 July 2005.