Medicare Provider Registration / Number - AG - Australian Business Licence and Information Service

Description

You will require this Medicare provider number if you intend to operate as a health professional under a Medicare provider scheme.

You will be able to receive a provider number or a provider / registration number if you work in one of the following health professions:

general or medical practitioner
nurse practitioner
midwife
dentist
optometrist
orthoptist
Aboriginal health worker
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner
audiologist
chiropractor
diabetes educator
dietician
exercise physiologist
mental health nurse
occupational therapist
osteopath
physiotherapist
podiatrist
psychologist
social worker
speech pathologist.

A medical practitioner or allied health professional must have a provider number for every location from which they deliver services.

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible to apply for a Medicare Provider Number, you must be a registered health professional.

There are restrictions on accessing Medicare benefits for medical practitioners who:

are overseas trained
are former overseas medical students
did not complete their medical training by 1 January 1997
were not Australian citizens or permanent residents on 1 January 1997.

Duration

Ongoing

Fees

Task	Type	Business Structure	Description
Apply	Application	All	No fees are required.

Forms

Task	Business Structure	Resources
Apply	All	Application for a Medicare Provider Number and / or Prescriber Number for a Nurse Practitioner or Midwife - PDF (Opens in new window)
Apply	All	Application for an Initial Medicare Provider Number and / or Prescriber Number for a Medical Practitioner - PDF (Opens in new window)
Apply	All	Application for an Initial Medicare Provider Registration / Prescriber Number for an Allied Health Professional - PDF (Opens in new window)
Apply	All	Health Professional Online Services (Opens in new window)

Act(s) name

Health Insurance Act 1973 Australian Government

Regulation(s) name

Health Insurance Regulations 2018 Australian Government

Administering agency

Department of Social Services

Services Australia

Medicare Australia

Contact details

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Medicare Provider Enquiries, Australian Capital Territory, Provider Eligibility Section

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
Australian Capital Territory
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9822 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 2601
Phone:	13 21 50
Fax:	02 9895 3439

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Medicare Provider Enquiries, New South Wales, Provider Eligibility Section

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
New South Wales
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9822 Sydney, New South Wales 2001
Phone:	13 21 50
Fax:	02 9895 3439

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Medicare Provider Enquiries, Northern Territory, Provider Eligibility Section

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
Northern Territory
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9822 Darwin, Northern Territory 0801
Phone:	13 21 50
Fax:	08 8922 6322

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Medicare Provider Enquiries, Queensland, Provider Eligibility Section

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
Queensland
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9822 Brisbane, Queensland 4001
Phone:	13 21 50
Fax:	07 3004 5634

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Medicare Provider Enquiries, South Australia, Provider Eligibility Section

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
South Australia
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9822 Adelaide, South Australia 5001
Phone:	13 21 50
Fax:	08 8274 9307

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Medicare Provider Enquiries, Tasmania, Provider Eligibility Section

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
Tasmania
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9822 Hobart, Tasmania 7001
Phone:	13 21 50
Fax:	03 6215 5700

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Medicare Provider Enquiries, Victoria, Provider Eligibility Section

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
Victoria
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9822 Melbourne, Victoria 3001
Phone:	13 21 50
Fax:	03 9605 7984

**Please use these contact details for help or more information:**

Medicare Provider Enquiries, Western Australia, Provider Eligibility Section

Medicare Australia

Services Australia

Department of Social Services
Western Australia
Mailing address:	GPO BOX 9822 Perth, Western Australia 6001
Phone:	13 21 50
Fax:	08 9214 8201

Supporting information

Medicare Provider Numbers and PBS Prescriber Numbers (Opens in new window)

Medicare Provider Registration / Number - Australian Government