MyMedicare

Port Sorell Medical Centre is registered as a practice along with our General Practitioners for MyMedicare.

MyMedicare comes into effect from the 1st October 2023 and its aim is to strengthen the care relationships between patients, the general practice, their general practitioner and any primary care teams. Registration is voluntary for patients as well as practices and providers.

When you register as a patient with a practice you will have access to longer MBS funded telephone consultation calls with your usual general practice. You will also have better continued care with your registered practice, improving your health outcomes by having your chronic disease management linked to your registration with your chosen practice. Registering at a practice does not prevent you from receiving healthcare elsewhere, however you would not be able to access longer telehealth consultations or chronic disease management from outside your registered practice.

To register in MyMedicare. you must have a Medicare card or a Department of Veteran’s Affairs (DVA) card. Most patients will need to have had two (2) face-to-face visits recorded with the same practice in the previous 24 months to be eligible to register with that practice. Parents/guardians and children can be registered at the same practice if one of them is eligible and registered at the practice. Patients can only be registered with one practice at a time, however once they have met the eligibility requirements they can transfer their registration to another practice if that Practice is registered. Registering in Mymedicare patient fact sheet

Patient registration can be completed in the following ways;

• Patients can commence the registration process in their Medicare online services (Medicare Online Account in MyGov or the Express Plus Medicare mobile application) and the practice staff can then accept or decline the registration in MyMedicare.

• Practice staff can start the patient registration process under the Practice online MyMedicare. The patient will then complete and provide consent for the registration in their Medicare online services.

• Patients can fill out a MyMedicare Patient Registration Form at the practice (or provided by their visiting GP) and sign the form to provide consent. The practice will then enter the patient’s registration details into the MyMedicare system to complete the registration.

A parent/guardian will need to register a child under 14 years and provide consent on their behalf.

Young people aged 14 to 17 years will be able to register and provide consent without a parent/guardian. It is important to note that registration for a child under 14 years will need to be completed at the practice.

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