MyMedicare

What is MyMedicare?

MyMedicare is a new voluntary patient registration model. It aims to formalise the relationship between patients, their general practice, general practitioner (GP) and primary care teams.

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Benefits

Evidence shows that seeing the same GP and healthcare team regularly leads to better health outcomes. Seeing your GP regularly and formalising the relationship you have with your GP and general practice through MyMedicare may lead to better health outcomes.

 

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, from 1 November 2023

• more regular visits from your GP and better care planning for people living in a residential aged care home, from August 2024

• connections to more appropriate care in general practice for people who visit hospital frequently, from mid-2024.

 

If you choose not to register in MyMedicare, you’ll still be able to access the same quality of care from your healthcare providers.

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How to register

It’s simple.

• You can either register online or in person at our clinic.

Online via myGov

Sign in to myGov and select Medicare

1. Select ‘Register for MyMedicare’

2. Select Paynesville Medical Centre under ‘search for your practice’

3. Select your preferred GP

4. Submit your registration, then follow the prompts

 

Online via the Express Plus Medicare app​​​