In financial year 2023, 18.4 billion Australian dollars were paid for Medicare bulk billing claims in Australia. Only 2.9 billion Australian dollars were paid for simplified billing claims. Claims made to Medicare are made by health professionals in the form of bulk billing, by hospitals, billing agents, providers, and day surgeries through a simplified billing system, or by patients themselves.
Total value of Medicare benefits paid in Australia from financial year 2014 to 2023 by claim type
(in billion Australian dollars)
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