Medicare Holiday Hours

Recently updated on February 27th, 2024 at 09:23 am

Medicare is the publicly funded universal health care system in Australia. If you want to connect with the customer service department of Medicare, you can reach out by phone, email, through social media or traditional mail. Today, we will discuss about Medicare hours of operation.

Medicare is OPEN on these holidays

Note: Our service centres and most call centres will close for the public holiday 2024.

Medicare Regular Business Hours

• Weekdays: The customer service department is open daily 8:30 am – 4:30 pm. The business center is open daily from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, local time.
• Weekends: The customer service department is Closed on Saturday and Sunday. The business center is closed on Saturday & Sunday. In the event a holiday falls on a weekday or weekend, Medicare is closed for business.
• Faults & service support : Medicare’s faults and customer support teams are open 24/7, all year round during working days & also public holidays.

What time does Medicare Australia open and close?

Medicare Holiday Hours

The Medicare website offer details relating to hours of operation. Customer service is closed on most public holidays. When you connect with the customer service department, you will notice the company observes Federal holidays. The holidays observed include:

-New Year’s Day
-Australia Day
-Good Friday
-Easter Monday
-Anzac Day
-King’s birthday holiday
-Christmas Day
-Boxing Day

Medicare Special Event Hours

Medicare company holds special events from time to time. You’ll have to contact the customer service department to explore the hours of special events.

Contacting Medicare to Verify Business Hours

• Phone Number: You can reach Medicare customer support by calling 132 011 number directly. If you need Medicare Entitlement Statement (MES) service you will need to call 1300 300 271.
• Email Contact: When you send an email to the Medicare customer service department, you will need to use this email medicare@humanservices.gov.au. After you send your email, you will receive a response within 24 hours.
• Mail: You can send your correspondence to the corporate headquarters here: Medicare Compensation Recovery, GPO BOX 2436, BRISBANE QLD 4001
• Social Media: Customers can connect with the customer service department through social media using their official Facebook or Twitter page, and click on the “message” button. you will receive a response from the customer service department within 24 hours.