{"id":142,"date":"2025-10-24T12:04:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralgippslandfamilypractice.com.au\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T03:47:04","slug":"mymedicare","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/centralgippslandfamilypractice.com.au\/?page_id=142","title":{"rendered":"MyMedicare"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"142-c1\" class=\"style-999 style-local-142-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"142-c2\" id=\"custom\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-start align-items-md-start align-items-start style-1000 style-local-142-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"142-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 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              <h3><strong style=\"font-weight: 700;\">What does it mean for me?<\/strong><\/h3>\n                    <p>MyMedicare is voluntary and free<\/p>\n                    <p>We consider you our patient, so would like you to be registered with us and your usual GP here<\/p>\n                    <p>If you do register with us, you will be able to access longer telephone consultations and may be eligible for longer telehealth video consultations \u2013 further benefits will be added over time, and you can see any GP here even if they\u2019re\n                      not your registered GP and still have access to the benefits<\/p>\n                    <p>You can still see another GP at another practice should you wish but you won\u2019t be able to access the longer (Medicare-funded) telehealth consultations<\/p>\n                    <p>You are eligible if you have had 2 or more face to face appointments at your regular practice over the last 24 months<\/p>\n                    <p>You can change your MyMedicare practice\/GP registration at any time provided you meet the above criteria<\/p>\n                    <h2><strong style=\"font-weight: 700;\">Register for MyMedicare<\/strong><\/h2>\n                    <p>To register online, follow the steps below:<\/p>\n                    <ul>\n                      <li>Sign in to myGov and select Medicare<\/li>\n                      <li>Select the View MyMedicare quick link, then Start.<\/li>\n                      <li>Under search for your practice, select Your practice, then Next.<\/li>\n                      <li>Select Your preferred GP, then Next.<\/li>\n                      <li>Complete the voluntary about you information<\/li>\n                      <li>Select Submit registration, then follow the prompts to complete your registration.<\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n                    <p>&nbsp;Registration forms are also available at the clinic.<\/p>\n                    <p>\n                      <br>\n        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