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INFO ON: | Medicare.com.au |
Medicare Australia | Medicare.au | www.Medicare AU
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Medicare Australia (medicare.gov.au) is an
Australian Government agency, delivering a range of payments and services to
the Australian community. Medicare Australia.gov.com is a prescribed
agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
and is a statutory agency under the Public Service Act 1999.
Medicare Australia is responsible to The Hon. Chris Bowen MP, Minister
for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, and Minister
responsible for the Human Services portfolio. Medicare Australia is part of
the Human Services portfolio.
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Medicare
Australia.gov.com works in partnership with the Department of Health
and Ageing to achieve the Australian Government's health policy
objectives. Their activities are
conducted within the government policy framework set by the Department
of Health and Ageing, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Department of
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and relevant
legislation.
Medicare Australia, formally the
Health Insurance Commission, was officially launched in August 1998 by
former Prime Minister of Australia, Bob Hawke. |
In the 2008-09 financial year,
www Medicare Australia:
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had more than 21.7 million
customers
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paid more than $14.3
billion in Medicare benefits
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processed more than 181.7
million Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) services
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paid more than $7.2
billion in PBS benefits
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had more than 4.6 million
valid immunisation episodes recorded on the Australian Childhood
Immunisation Register
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paid more than $9.1
million to immunisation providers
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had more than 1 286 342
consent registrations on the Australian Organ Donor Register
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recovered more than $33.2
million in benefits through the Compensation Recovery Program
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distributed more than 789
697 National Bowel Cancer Screening Register kits
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paid more than $3.6
million in External Breast Prostheses Reimbursement Program benefits
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employed more than 6000
staff
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had 239 Medicare offices
and 930 Medicare Australia Access Points located across Australia.
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INFO ON: | Medicare.com.au |
Medicare Australia | Medicare.au | www.Medicare AU
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