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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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02 November 2023
GPRC clinics close
The last remaining general practice respiratory clinics in Melbourne’s east and north-east closed at the end of October, meaning locals will no longer be able to use…
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31 October 2023
Updating your Organisation PRODA settings to enable your practice staff to complete MyMedicare Registrations
Updating your Organisation PRODA settings to enable your practice staff to complete MyMedicare Registrations
Digital enablement
24 October 2023
MyMedicare Patient Resources now available in other languages
The following MyMedicare patient resources are now available in other languages: To access these resources in other languages, follow these steps:
Digital health
24 October 2023
Updating your MyMedicare Practice Preferences to enable Auto Accept of patient led registrations
Patients can commence the MyMedicare registration process in their Medicare online services through their Medicare Online Account (MOA) or the Express Plus Medicare mobile application.…
MyMedicare
12 October 2023
EMPHN welcomes the Support After Suicide program
EMPHN welcomes the Support After Suicide program
Latest news
09 October 2023
MBS Item update 1 November 2023: Triple Bulk Billing
From 1 November 2023, the bulk billing incentive payments for Commonwealth concession card holders and children U16 are increasing. These payments are triple the existing…
MyMedicare
09 October 2023
Have you Activated the Medicare Program in the Organisation Register?
It is important to note that you need to have your practice set up in the Organisation Register and to ensure you have activated the program,…
MyMedicare
25 September 2023
Can you or your clinic assist during an emergency/pandemic response?
EMPHN is refreshing our list of primary care providers who are willing to provide assistance during an emergency/pandemic response. During crisis responses, Primary Health Networks…
Latest news
22 September 2023
QI in action: Maximising cancer screening at Grimshaw Street Medical Centre
Grimshaw Street Medical Centre is a multi-disciplinary general practice in Bundoora. Its workforce comprises 6 GPs, 2 registered nurses, a team of allied health professionals and…
Digital enablement