Resources

This fridge magnet card outlines the series of recommended vaccines available free for children aged 0 to 4 years under the National Immunisation Program.

This weekly report provides a snapshot of data on the impact of COVID-19 in residential aged care facilities nationally in 2025. It includes data on the number of services impacted and number of staff and resident cases, as well as workforce, vaccine rollout, testing and PPE provided to services.

This fact sheet outlines support programs and resources available to aged care providers in regional, rural and remote settings.

Information on the definition of inappropriate practice and how it applies to practitioners and corporate entities.

Information about the Practitioner Review Program (PRP) where practitioners are referred to a delegate of the Chief Executive Medicare (delegate) after an interview without a six-month period of review.

Information about the Practitioner Review Program (PRP) and the review by a delegate of the Chief Executive Medicare (delegate).

Information about how a breach of the prescribed pattern of services (the 80/20 and 30/20 rules) is detected and the next steps when an 80/20 or 30/20 breach is found.

Information about inappropriate practice and prescribed pattern of services (the 80/20 and 30/20 rules) and which professional attendance services apply.

Frequently asked questions about the Practitioner Review Program.

Information on the common compliance issues associated with inappropriate practice based on Professional Services Review outcomes.

Information about the Practitioner Review Program (PRP) 6-month period of review.

Information on the department’s role in identifying and intervening with practitioners and corporate entities where potential inappropriate is found.

Information on how to avoid practicing inappropriately, your responsibilities and sources of information to meet Medicare requirements.

From 1 November 2025, under the Aged Care Act 2024 (the new Act), registered providers will have to meet certain conditions of registration, obligations and statutory duties when delivering funded aged care services.

The Aged Care Act 2024 (the new Act) sets out a condition of registration for registered aged care providers delivering meals, snacks and drinks to an older person’s home or as part of community, centre-based and cottage respite

The new Aged Care Act starts from 1 November 2025 and will help to make aged care better for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

This Early Evaluation Report brings together initial findings from the evaluation of the National Single Employer Model (SEM) trials for General Practice (GP) and Rural Generalist (RG) registrars.

This guideline outlines what you can do to substantiate diagnostic imaging and pathology services rendered to emergency department patients of public hospitals and claimed under Medicare.

This guideline outlines what you can do to substantiate the coordination of the development of Team Care Arrangements rendered by eligible medical practitioners for Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item 723.

This guideline outlines what you can do to substantiate valid general ears, nose and throat surgical services were provided such as Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items 41846, 41764 and 30473.

This guideline is particularly for diabetes educators, exercise physiologists or dietitians. It MBS items 81100 to 81125 and can help you substantiate that the requirements for an assessment service or group allied health service for a patient with type 2 diabetes have been met.

This guideline outlines what you can do to substantiate optometry services for Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items 10912, 10913, 10914, 10915, 10942 and 10943.

This guideline outlines what you can do to substantiate that you as a consultant physician or specialist personally performed a referred consultation service on a private patient in a public hospital claimed under the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS).

This guideline outlines what you can do to substantiate the preparation of a valid GP Mental Health Treatment Plan rendered by eligible medical practitioners for Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items 2700, 2701, 2715 and 2717.

This guideline outlines what you can do to substantiate histopathological proof of malignancy for Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items 30196, 30197, 30202, 30203 and 30205.