Medicare Australia
1 October 2005 – 1 July 2011
Previously Health Insurance Commission (1974–2005).
Statutory agency in the Human Services portfolio that administered Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and other health payment programs and registers.
Names over time
- Health Insurance Commission1974–2005
- Medicare Australia2005–2011
How it came into existence
Renamed from the Health Insurance Commission on 1 October 2005 by the Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2005, which abolished the commission's board and made the agency a statutory agency headed by a chief executive officer.
Legislation: Medicare Australia Act 1973
How it ended
Integrated into the Department of Human Services on 1 July 2011 under the Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2011, with Medicare continuing as a service brand of the department.
- Delivery of Medicare and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme payments
Main functions
- Payment of Medicare benefits
- Processing of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme claims
- Australian Childhood Immunisation Register and Australian Organ Donor Register
- Health provider registration and incentive payments
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Human Services.
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