MY MEDICARE IS HERE

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Benefits:

It is voluntary and free to register in MyMedicare.

When you register in MyMedicare, it will notify your general practice that you have chosen them as your regular care team.

Additional funding will be available from the government to help them provide the care you need.

MyMedicare patients will have access to:

Greater continuity of care with your registered practice, improving health outcomes

Longer Medicare Benefit Scheme (MBS) funded telehealth consultations with your GP

Triple bulk billing incentive for longer MBS telehealth consultations for children under 16, pensioners, and concession card holders

More regular visits from your GP and better care planning for people living in a residential aged care home

How to Register:

There are multiple ways you can register with your chosen practice in MyMedicare:

Start the registration process in your  Medicare Online Account   or   Express Plus Medicare Mobile app.

Our Practice staff will then accept the registration in the MyMedicare system.

Alternatively you can ask our reception team for a paper application

Fill out the registration form and provide it to our reception team. By signing the form, you are giving consent to participate in MyMedicare.

Practice staff will then complete the registration in the MyMedicare system.

Changing preferred practices or GPs

MyMedicare does not tie you to a particular healthcare provider. You can change your preferred GP within your registered practice at any time.

You can also register with a different practice if you meet the eligibility requirements and the practice is also registered.

You may be registered for MyMedicare with only one practice at a time. If you change the practice you are registered with the

MyMedicare system will automatically cancel your registration with your previous practice.

The system will let the previous practice know that you have cancelled your registration.

Withdrawing your registration

You can choose to withdraw from MyMedicare at any time.

If you register for MyMedicare at a different practice to the one you initially registered with

this will automatically withdraw the previous registration and notify the practice.

If you want to withdraw your MyMedicare registration, you can either:

Withdraw from MyMedicare using their Medicare Online Account or Express Plus Medicare Mobile app

Contact your GP or practice and notify them that you want to withdraw your registration from MyMedicare