Publications

Strengthening Medicare with more bulk billing for 1 November 2025. The Australian Government is investing $7.9 billion to expand eligibility for bulk billing incentives to all Australians and establish the Bulk Billing Practice Incentive Program to support general practices to bulk bill all patients

This report summarises consultation findings on proposed changes to Star Ratings for residential aged care, focusing on Compliance and Staffing ratings, and 2024 evaluation outcomes. It combines stakeholder feedback to reflect diverse perspectives from various consultation activities.

New tobacco control laws came into effect on 1 April 2024 that outline requirements for tobacco and e-cigarette packaging, appearance, content and reporting. From 13 December 2024, cigarettes that contain a filter must include an on-product health message. Find out more about the transition periods.

A letter template developed to help CHSP providers to support their unregistered and unassessed CHSP clients in the lead up to the new Aged Care Act 2024 coming into effect on 1 July 2025.

A copy of the letter the department sent CHSP providers to support their unregistered and unassessed CHSP clients in the lead up to the new Aged Care Act 2024.

This fact sheet has been developed as guidance material for CHSP providers to support their unregistered and unassessed CHSP clients in the lead up to the new Aged Care Act 2024 coming into effect on 1 July 2025.

The Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) has developed standard case definitions for the diagnosis of key diseases in Australia. This document contains the laboratory case definition for monkeypox.

This form comes with your bowel screening kit in the mail. If it gets lost or damaged, you can print a new one to complete and return with your samples. Healthcare providers should NOT use this form if issuing kits via the alternative access to kits model.

Hearing services providers can customise this template when recommending a fully and/or partially subsidised device to a Hearing Services Program client.

The purpose of this document is to further explain the release of topics in the new Aged Care Rules of the Aged Care Act 2024.

The Scope of Practice Review examined the barriers and incentives health professionals face working to their full scope of practice in primary care.

This fact sheet explains the review of the remoteness classification system for aged care. It looks at the use of the Modified Monash Model (MMM) in aged care to support service delivery in regional, rural and remote locations.

This annual report of Hospital Casemix Protocol (HCP) data outlines health statistics received from private health insurers detailing information relating to patient, medical and financial data for the financial years 2018-19 to 2022-23.

This fact sheet explains how we are reforming aged care assessments to make it easier for you to enter aged care and access different services as your needs change. This fact sheet has been translated into 10 languages.

This fact sheet explains how we are reforming aged care assessments to make it easier for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to enter aged care and access different services as your needs change.

This Easy Read fact sheet explains how we're making it easier to get aged care services.

The schedule lists the daily rates of subsidies and supplements for government-subsidised aged care. It includes rates for home care, residential aged care, transition care and short-term restorative care (STRC).

This poster informs consumers about Medicare Mental Health Centres.

Frequently Asked Questions about Medicare Mental Health Centres.

A fact sheet about Medicare Mental Health Centres.

Tranche 2 submitted evidence by the public as part of the calls for evidence in the Natural Therapies Review 2024.

Tranche 1 evidence submitted by the public as part of the calls for evidence in the Natural Therapies Review 2024.

This infographic provides a visual representation of the process and governance arrangements for the Natural Therapies Review 2024.

The Health Provider Compliance Strategy 2025–30 outlines our risk and proportion-based approach to health provider compliance. We aim to prevent incorrect claiming, support providers to get it right, and effectively address cases of non-compliance, contributing to a sustainable Medicare system.

The Health Provider Compliance Priorities 2025 reflect our public commitment to act. We also monitor for environmental changes, meaning that compliance priorities may evolve in response to emerging risks.