Most useful information for Seeking medical help

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. Medicare
2. How to enrol

Enrolling in Medicare

Find out how to enrol in Medicare.

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. Top payments
2. Medicare card

How to get a digital Medicare card

You can access and use a digital copy of your Medicare card as soon as you enrol.

1. Top payments
2. Medicare card

Get a new Medicare card if it expires or is lost, stolen or damaged

You can get a new Medicare card if it expires or is lost, stolen or damaged. You can also get an extra card.

1. Top payments
2. Social work services

How to contact social work services

You can speak to a social worker over the phone.

1. Death of a loved one
2. Most useful information

Advice of death form (SA116)

Use these forms to advise us of the death of an adult or child. We’ll use these details to update records with Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support.

1. Medicare
2. What's covered

Health care and Medicare

How you can get affordable health care and access our services.

1. Medicare
2. Most useful information

PBS/RPBS Safety Net prescription record form and application for a Safety Net card form (PB240)

Use this form to help you keep a record of how much you have spent on PBS/RPBS medicines and to apply for a PBS Safety Net card.

Overdrawn bank account

You can get help to access your money if you have an overdrawn bank account.