MyMedicare is a new voluntary patient registration model. It aims to strengthen the relationship between patients, their general practice, general practitioner (GP) and primary care teams.
Key dates:
October 2023 – Health Professionals can commence patient registrations on patient’s behalf after appropriate documentation (provided by your GP) is completed. Patients can also register via the Medicare Express Plus app on their phone.
November 2023 – new Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items will be available for patients who are registered in MyMedicare
What does this mean for patients?
- Health Care Card holders, Pensioners, Veterans and under 16 year old patients can continue to have bulk billed face to face consultations.
- Patients that are not linked to Uraidla Family Practice that are eligable for bulk billing may be privately gapped on longer consultations if they are not linked to the practice.