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10 July 2026
New Medicare Mental Health Check In service now available for patients
Medicare Mental Health Check In Medicare Mental Health Check In is a new digital service that offers free evidence-based and confidential support to help people…
General practice
10 July 2026
Assignment of benefits changes – latest update
From 1 July 2026, updated requirements apply for assigning Medicare benefits when a service is bulk billed. Assignment of benefit is the process where a…
Assignment of benefit
06 July 2026
Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2026: 50 Years of Deadly
NAIDOC Week is held annually in July and is a national celebration of Australia’s First Nations peoples, histories and cultures—the oldest, continuous living cultures on…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
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29 January 2024
How Eftsure provides security measures for your transactions with EMPHN
EMPHN has engaged Eftsure to manage the collection and verification of payment information to contracted individuals and organisations. This helps to make sure payments to…
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23 January 2024
Wellbeing and Resilience Grants awarded
Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network (PHN) is pleased to announce the recipients of the Wellbeing and Resilience Grants to strengthen social connectedness and assist communities…
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22 January 2024
Updated information on Bicillin L-A shortage
Updated information on Bicillin L-A shortage
Latest news
22 January 2024
MyMedicare January update
General practices please be advised there is an update in MyMedicare for how to search/ export the list for your practices ‘Complete’ and ‘Pending’ registrations.
General practice
21 January 2024
Health assessments for a healthier community
Practices wanting to register for MyMedicare are recommend to follow the steps below.
Commissioned services
21 January 2024
Greater Choices for in-home palliative care case study
Practices wanting to register for MyMedicare are recommend to follow the steps below.
Commissioned services
21 January 2024
Mental Health Support for people impacted by international conflict
Practices wanting to register for MyMedicare are recommend to follow the steps below.
Mental health
10 January 2024
The Department of Health has extended the healthdirect Video Call COVID-19 GP Program to 30 June 2024
The Department of Health has extended the healthdirect Video Call COVID-19 GP Program to 30 June 2024. We encourage you to continue using this secure video consulting platform…
Digital enablement
19 December 2023
Priority Primary Care Centres (PPCCs) case study
PPCCs provide GP-led care to people who need urgent care, rather than an emergency response and each one is partnered with a busy emergency department.
Commissioned services