Most useful information for seeking medical help

1. Enrolling in Medicare
2. If you’re a New Zealand citizen

Documents to enrol in Medicare if you’re a New Zealand citizen

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

1. Top payments
2. Centrepay

Centrepay is changing

We’re updating Centrepay so it works better for you. You can use Centrepay to pay for goods and services from approved businesses.

1. Enrolling in Medicare
2. If you’re a temporary resident covered by a Ministerial Order

Documents to enrol in Medicare if you’re a temporary resident covered by a Ministerial Order

You need to provide documents that prove your identity and travel status.

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. Medicare
2. What's covered

Other Medicare support

We have a range of programs to help with some specific health care needs.

1. Crisis Payment
2. Crisis Payment for other extreme circumstances

How much Crisis Payment for Other Extreme Circumstances you can get

You can get this Crisis Payment once per incident or extreme circumstance.

Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment

How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.

1. Medicare Safety Nets
2. How they work

Concessional families for Medicare Safety Net

If you’re registered as a Medicare Safety Net family, you may be eligible as a Concessional Safety Net family.

1. Top payments
2. Reciprocal Health Care Agreements

When Reciprocal health care agreements apply for Australians who go overseas

Information for Australians on Reciprocal Health Care Agreements.

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.