What is MyMedicare?
MyMedicare is a new voluntary patient registration model that will provide some extra Medicare benefits to all patients who have a Medicare Card or Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) Veteran card. You will only receive these additional benefits by registering your preferred practice with Medicare.
The goal of MyMedicare is to strengthen the relationship you have with your preferred doctor and medical practice. Attending the same clinic and seeing the same GPs for your medical appointments will allow your chosen doctor to provide you with better ongoing care. You can still attend other clinics; however, you will receive some extra benefits at your chosen practice to deliver the care you need.
Benefits for Patients
✅ You will have access to Medicare rebates for longer telephone consultations with your GP. This means you and your GP can have more in-depth conversations (over 20 minutes) about your health. Medicare will provide a larger rebate for these longer telehealth consults to help make it more affordable for you, but only at your registered clinic.
✅ Your chosen practice and GP will appear on your My Health Record to ensure all health professionals you see – for example, at a public hospital – will know who to talk to about your regular care.
✅ Connections to more appropriate continuity of care in general practice for people visit hospital frequently, from mid-2024.
✅ Further registration benefits for patients will continue to be added over time as part of the Australian Government’s commitment to strengthening Medicare.
How to Register:
You can register for MyMedicare from 1 October 2023 and select your preferred GP at your:
✅ accredited general practice
✅ Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service
✅ Aboriginal Medical Service
✅ nurse practitioner-led practice with an eligible GP provider
✅ other non-traditional practice (who meets the healthcare provider registration and eligibility criteria)
Your chosen practice must be registered in MyMedicare before you can start your own patient registration.
Additional Info:
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. Check that your practice is registered in MyMedicare before you start. Practice staff will then accept the registration in the MyMedicare system.
- Your practice may start the registration in MyMedicare or you can ask them to do this. This will trigger a registration in your Medicare Online Account or Express Plus Medicare Mobile app, which you can then complete.
- Fill out a registration form and provide it to your practice. By signing the form, you are giving consent to participate in MyMedicare. Practice staff will then complete the registration in the MyMedicare system.
As part of your MyMedicare registration, you can choose to provide additional information about yourself. This will help your practice; primary care team and the government improve the delivery of your health care. We will share this information with your MyMedicare practice.
The information you provide will help your practice and the government to plan and improve your health care services. You will still be able to register if you do not provide this information.
You will need to agree to the terms and conditions and read and understand the MyMedicare privacy notice to consent to register in MyMedicare
MyMedicare registration will not prevent you from accessing care from other practices and healthcare providers. The longer MBS telehealth items, the new aged care incentive, and from November 2024 Chronic Disease Management items will be linked to your registered practice.