MDA NationalInsurance

Premium Support Scheme

The Premium Support Scheme (PSS) is an Australian Government Scheme introduced to assist eligible doctors to meet the costs of their medical indemnity insurance.

MDA National Insurance has entered into an agreement with the Department of Health and Ageing and Medicare Australia to administer the scheme on the government's behalf.

    You may be eligible for the scheme if:
  • your gross indemnity costs for a premium period exceed 7.5% of your estimated or actual income; or
  • you conduct work as a Procedural General Practitioner in an area that is classified by the Department of Health and Ageing as a Remote, Rural or Metropolitan Area (RRMA) 3-7; or
  • you previously received a subsidy under the government's Medical Indemnity Subsidy Scheme (MISS) and continue to work in the same specialty; or
  • you conduct work only in the public sector (thereby earning no income from private practice) but have a contract of insurance which provides run-off cover or retroactive cover for incidents that occurred in connection with past private medical practice. This does not include an insurance contract which only provides cover for medico-legal costs and/ or damages in respect of gratuitous services.

Please be aware that under the Premium Support Scheme (PSS), medical practitioners are required to complete risk management activities in order to be eligible for a PSS payment. 

If you would like to apply for the PSS for the 2008/09 premium period, please click on Premium Support Scheme (PSS) Application

For more details please see the documents below.