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Medicare online account help - enrol a baby in Medicare screenshots

Services Australia website - Medicare online account help - Enrol a baby in Medicare

Letters

Services Australia has endorsed the letter or electronic message for use. It is the latest version. Do not use locally produced letters or electronic message.

Z2506 Medicare newborn enrolment (partner applicant) - more information required (Letter Template)

Z0836 Registering for Medicare Safety Net (Letter Template)

Service Officers can start the following letter from DMC. See Digital Messaging Capability (DMC) - Health to create and send letters.

Z2527 Medicare enrolment OOHC - More information required.

DVS Result codes
  • Y = successful verification
  • N = failed verification
  • S = system unavailable, try again later
  • D = data out of range (document either expired, stolen, lost)
Data tables

Do not share this attachment externally. See Freedom of Information - Information Publication Scheme.

A linked attachment is available for staff only (i.e. under IPS/FOI)Data tables for Births, deaths and marriages

Country codes

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A linked attachment is available for staff only (i.e. under IPS/FOI)Country codes for Australian visas

Forms

Medicare enrolment application (MS004)

Forms (staff)

Newborn Child Declaration (FA081)

My Health Record website

My Health Record (for contact details, see Help line)

Contact details

Medicare and Aged Care - Local Peer Support (LPS)

My Health Record

Services Australia website

Submitting your Centrelink documents online

Write, email or fax us, see Medicare

myGov website

myGov - log into myGov to access Medicare online accounts for self-service claiming and newborn enrolment, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Medicare entitlement type of newborn

See the Resources page of Complex eligibility and entitlement type of newborn child enrolments in Medicare.

Acceptable proof of birth documents

See the Resources page of Newborn child enrolments in Medicare.