Have you registered for MyMedicare yet??
What is MyMedicare?
MyMedicare is a free service that you can choose to sign up to. It tells your doctor and health clinic that they are the people you want to get your care from.
This will help your doctor:
- understand the type of care you need
- give you better care.
It will also help other people who may give you health care to find your doctor. For example, the hospital.
Support you can get through MyMedicare
When you sign up to MyMedicare, the government might give more funding to the people who provide you with health services. Funding is money from the government that pays for services and supports. This money can help your doctor provide more care when you need it.
You will be able to have longer telehealth calls with your doctor.
If you have a long-term illness, you might be able to get better care options.
Other types of MyMedicare support will be available in the future.
Who can sign up?
If you have a Medicare Card or a Veteran Card
You can sign up to MyMedicare if you have:
- a Medicare Card
- a Veteran Card.
If you have seen your doctor recently
You can also sign up to MyMedicare if, in the last 24 months, you have had at least:
- 2 appointments in person with your doctor’s clinic
- 1 appointment in person with your doctor’s clinic, if you live far away from a city or town.
How can you sign up?
There are different ways you can sign up to MyMedicare.
If you don’t want to sign up, you can still see your doctor in the usual way.
And if you do sign up, you can still go to other doctors and health clinics.
Signing up online
You can sign up online through the Services Australia website.
To register online, you will need to sign in to myGov first.
Then you will need to click on ‘Medicare’.
Click on ‘Register for MyMedicare’.
And click ‘Start’.
Choose your doctor’s clinic under ‘Search for your practice’.
Then click ‘Next’.
Choose your doctor’s name under ‘Your preferred GP’.
Then click ‘Next’.
In the ‘About you’ section, you can give information about yourself.
But you don’t need to fill out this section if you don’t want to.
Then click ‘Next’.
Then you will need to click ‘Submit registration’.
Follow the rest of the instructions to finish.
Signing up through the app
You can also sign up through the Express Plus Medicare mobile app.
When you are logged in to the app, you will need to click on ‘Register for MyMedicare’.
And click ‘Start’.
Choose your doctor’s clinic under ‘Search for your practice’.
Then click ‘Next’.
Choose your doctor’s name under ‘Your preferred GP’.
Then click ‘Next’.
In the ‘About you’ section, you can give information about yourself.
But you don’t need to fill out this section if you don’t want to.
Then click ‘Next’.
Then you will need to click ‘Submit registration’.
Follow the rest of the instructions to finish
Signing up at the clinic
You can also sign up by filling out a form at your doctor’s clinic or printing a copy yourself (via the following link) and providing the completed form to reception.
The staff at your doctor’s clinic can put your form into the MyMedicare service.
If you choose to sign up with a Veteran Card, you will need to fill out a form at your doctor’s clinic.
We look forward to helping you register when you next visit the clinic!
