What is My Medicare?
According to Medicare this is a voluntary patient registration model that aims to formalise the relationship between patients, their general practice, general practitioner (GP) and primary care teams. Seeing your GP regularly and formalising the relationship you have with your GP and practice through MyMedicare can lead to better health outcomes.
To register, you must have had 2 face-to-face appointments with the same practice in the previous 24 months. This is reduced to one face-to-face appointment if you are in a remote location. People who are facing hardship are exempt from all eligibility requirements, including people experiencing domestic and family violence and homelessness. Your chosen practice must be registered in MyMedicare before you can commence your own patient registration. If you hold both a DVA Veteran Card and a Medicare card, you can register with either. If you want to register in MyMedicare with a DVA Veteran Card, you’ll need to fill out a registration form in your practice.
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