MyMedicare is Australia’s new voluntary patient registration model. It will enable a blended funding model that sits alongside fee-for-service (MBS) while strengthening the relationship between patients, their general practice, GP and primary care teams.
The General Practice in Aged Care Incentive supports older people living in residential aged care. This will help residents receive quality primary care services from their regular general practitioner and practice. The General Practice in Aged Care Incentive promotes continuous, quality care.
Find out more here about GPACI registration.
Prepare your practice and team
Once you have registered your practice and begun the process of enrolling your patients, here are some things to consider:
- Which General Practitioners will be your Responsible Providers and have ongoing responsibility for visiting patients in Residential Aged Care Homes?
- Will any other members of your practice team also provide some of the visiting services to your Residential Aged Care home patients?
- How will visits be planned and coordinated with your practice team and the residential aged care home?
- Will you schedule regular recurring visits to aged care homes into the calendars of your practice team?
- How will you communicate with the residential aged care home to confirm appointments, or handle enquires from the home if care advice is required in between visits?
- Will your practice be accepting new patients from Residential Aged Care Homes? If so, consider contacting the aged care home to let them know and provide them with information they can share with patients about how to register with MyMedicare with your practice.
Coming soon:
A range of resources to support your practice will be released in the weeks and months ahead including:
- Videos and how-to guides on how to register your practice and your patients
- operational guidelines
- an orientation toolkit to support participation in the General Practice in Aged Care Incentive, tips to support quality care delivery and information to raise awareness of how the incentives help to drive quality and coordinated care
- Consumer resources and communication materials including standard fact sheets, information and resources to support awareness raising
In the meantime, here’s some more information to support you:
Resources for GPs and Providers
