Make Eastbound your preferred clinic to receive extra Medicare benefits
What is MyMedicare?
MyMedicare is a voluntary patient registration model that provides extra Medicare benefits to all patients who have a Medicare Card or Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) Veteran card. You will only receive these additional benefits by registering your preferred clinic with Medicare.
Patients who have had two face-to-face consults with GPs in the clinic in the past 24 months can register for MyMedicare from 1 October 2023.
Registration is free and optional.
How to register
If you would like to register with MyMedicare and choose our clinic as your preferred medical centre, you can now register online or in person at our clinic.
Register online
First, you will need to start the registration process in your Medicare Online Account or Express Plus Medicare Mobile app. Find our medical centre in the list of registered GP clinics in MyMedicare before you start. Our medical centre staff will then accept the registration in the MyMedicare system. For an easy guide, you can follow these steps to register.
When registering online, if you cannot find our clinic in the list of medical centres that are registered with MyMedicare, please check back later in the month, as we may still be going through the set-up process in the system.
Register in person
Alternatively, you can visit our clinic and fill out a registration form at reception.
By signing the form, you are giving consent to our staff to register you in MyMedicare. We will then complete the registration in the MyMedicare system for you.
How will it benefit me?
The goal of MyMedicare is to strengthen the relationship you have with your preferred doctor and medical clinic. Attending the same clinic and seeing the same GP for your medical appointments is known to lead to better health outcomes and allows your preferred doctor to provide you with better ongoing care.
You can still attend other clinics, however you will only receive the extra benefits at your chosen clinic. If you want to choose our medical centre as your ‘home clinic’, you will need to register with MyMedicare, select our medical centre and choose your preferred GP. We welcome our current and past patients to choose Eastbound as their preferred home clinic.
Other benefits you will receive include:
- All registered patients will have access to longer MBS-funded telehealth consultations (telephone calls) with GPs at your registered ‘home clinic’ (Levels C & D). This means you and your GP can have more in-depth conversations (over 20 minutes) about your health. Medicare will provide a larger rebate for these longer telehealth consults to help make it more affordable for you, but only at your registered home clinic.
- The Australian Government has introduced a ‘Triple Bulk Billing’ incentive when GPs bulk bill children 15 and under, pensioners and concession card holders to help subsidise the rising costs of health care. This incentive may also apply to longer MBS telehealth consultations (Levels C, D and E) with your GP at your registered home clinic.
These initial benefits for registered patients will be expanded by the Australian Government over time, so registering Eastbound as your preferred ‘home clinic’ is important.
Can I register with more than one clinic?
No, the goal of MyMedicare is to help strengthen the relationship you have with your preferred medical clinic and doctor. Children are exempt from needing to have visited their GP twice in the past 24 months.
Am I locked in?
No. You can visit any medical centre or doctor you like; however, you will only receive the extra Medicare benefits at your chosen ‘home’ clinic. If you change your mind, you can also unregister at any time.
More information is available here.
