MyMedicare

Registration Guide

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

MyMedicare patients and their usual GP and practice will have access to new benefits to help deliver more of the care patients need, improving health ouctomes.

To register for MyMedicare using your Medicare Online Account, you''ll need:

To link your Medicare online account to myGoc
your Medicare card.

To register online, follow the steps below:

Sign in to myGov.
Select Medicare.
Select the View MyMedicare quick link, then Start.
Under search for your practice, select Your practice, then Next. If you’re having trouble, read the helpful hints.
Select Your preferred GP, then Next.
Complete the voluntary About you information, then select Next to move to the next question or to skip a question.
Select Submit registration, then follow the prompts to complete your registration.

Helpful hints when searching for a practice:

Try entering your practice postcode first, then location.
If you need to add more information, make sure you’ve spelt the practice name correctly and don’t have any extra spaces.
You may want to try searching with just the practice postcode and the first 3 or 4 letters of the practice name.
Remember your practice may not be registered for MyMedicare yet, so if they still don’t show up, you’ll need to contact them to check if they’re registered.

How to register a child under 14 years using Medicare Online Account

A child under 14 years can be registered for My Medicare by a parent or guardian. To register a child:

they must be on the same card as the registering parent or guardian
they can only be registered with one general practice at a time and with one preferred GP.

If a current registration exists, the child must be withdrawn before a new registration can be initiated.

The registering parent or guardian will have access to view and edit MyMedicare registration information for the child under 14 years using Medicare online services.

A non-registering parent or guardian for a child under 14 on the same card will only see if the child is currently registered for MyMedicare or not and withdraw the registration.

MyMedicare notifications will be sent to the registering parent or guardian while the child under 14 years remains on the same card.

Children under 14 years must be on the same card as the parent or guardian to be registered online.

To be eligible to register for MyMedicare, children under 14 must have visited the practice in person twice in the last 24 months or once in 24 months if in a rural remote location or the child is being registered to the same practice as the registering parent/guardian.

To register a child under 14 years for MyMedicare:

Sign in to myGov.
Select Medicare.
Select the View MyMedicare quick link.
Select child from Registration you’d like to manage drop-down.
Accept parental declaration.
Select Register for MyMedicare, then select Start.
Under search for a practice, select a practice, then Next. If you’re having trouble, read the helpful hints above.
Select a preferred GP, then Next.
Complete the voluntary ‘About the patient’ information, then select Next to move to the next question or to skip a question.
Read parent/guardian declaration.
Select Submit registration acknowledging declaration and completing the child’s registration.
If the practice prefers to manually accept registrations, an Awaiting outcome message will appear on screen. The practice has 30 days to accept the request. A notification will be sent once registration is accepted.
To register another child, select Return to MyMedicare registrations and repeat steps 3 to 11, or select View pending request to view details entered or Cancel registration request.

Once registration is successful or accepted, a parent or guardian can:

manage current registration information
update demographics
change preferred GP
view historical registration information
withdraw under 14 child registration.

Alternatively, you can also apply via the downloadable paper form which you can give to our practice team in person.