MyMedicare is a voluntary patient registration program that strengthens the relationship between patients, their general practice, and primary care teams.
By registering with MyMedicare, patients receive more coordinated care, and their healthcare providers can better support them in managing their health needs.
The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (DoHDA) offers a general practice communication toolkit to assist in the use of MyMedicare, helping practices engage with patients and streamline their care management.
General practices are able to begin the MyMedicare registration process and link their providers to their practice. Practices can register in Services Australia’s PRODA, HPOS, and the Organisation Register systems, making it easier to manage patient records and care coordination.
MyMedicare is rolling out in stages, with additional incentives to be introduced throughout the year, so practices can gradually benefit from the program’s features.
The General Practice in Aged Care Incentive supports older people living in residential aged care by ensuring they receive ongoing, quality primary care from their regular primary care provider.
The changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Chronic Disease Management Framework from 1 July 2025, aim to support high quality, continuous, multidisciplinary team-based care for patients. These changes simplify, streamline, and modernise arrangements for health care professionals and implement the recommendations of the MBS Review Taskforce.
For more information on GPCCM changes, MBS Online has released a series of factsheets here:
Further changes are coming November 2025. Stay up to date by subscribing to our Primary Health Newsletter.
