PBS Safety Net threshold lowered – 1 January 2020
Page last updated: 1 January 2020
From 1 January 2020 the PBS Safety Net thresholds have been lowered:
- from $390.00 to $316.80 for concessional patients
- from $1550.70 to $1486.80 for general patients.
As a result of these changes concessional patients/families require 12 fewer PBS scripts
filled each year in order to reach the safety net. For more information on the Safety
Net and the lower thresholds, visit the Services Australia website.
Pharmacists will need to apply the lower threshold amounts when issuing Safety Net
entitlement or concession cards. Pharmacists can access information on the Safety
Net at the Services Australia PBS Safety Net for pharmacists website.
