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Register a customer for Medicare in the Consumer Directory Maintenance System (CDMS) 011-40060010



Document details to be recorded in CDMS

Table 1

Document type

Reference text

Reference date

Birth certificates

Reference number on the birth certificate and state or country of issue

Date of document

Hospital certification of birth

Hospital name and midwife or doctors details

Date of document

Letter from Home Affairs

Visa subclass number and Application ID

Date of document

Medicare practitioner certification of birth

Home birth, medical practitioners details

Date of document

MS018 Referee declaration

Referee details

Date of document

Passport

Country of passport, passport number and expiry date

Date of issue

Travel document

Reference number on travel document

Date of issue

Adoption papers

Pre or post adoption documents sighted (do not add names)

Date of document

Relationship document

Document type, marriage certificate, birth certificate or joint utility/bank account

Date of document

ImmiCard

Full card number and boat ID if known

Date of processing

FA081 Newborn Child Declaration

Serial number F

Date of certification by the doctor or midwife

VEVO confirmation

Work rights/visa details

Date of VEVO check

Evidence of appeal

Type of appeal document and case number

Date of appeal document

Parentage orders

No text required - do not add names

Date of document

European Health Insurance Card

EHIC expiry date

Date of processing

Global Health Insurance Card

GHIC expiry date

Date of processing

Citizenship certificate

Document number on certificate

Date of document

Group History categories

Table 2

Category

Details included

Contact Name

Contact name

Contact Address

Include:

  • contact address
  • address source
  • date of effect
  • type of mail returned

Note: for DME applications, list the address source as ‘Enrolment form’.

Group Status

Include:

  • group eligibility type
  • group eligibility start date
  • group eligibility end date
  • hold status
  • hold status date
  • program review status

Personal History categories

Table 3

Category

Details included

End Dates

Include:

  • date of death, date of death notification source
  • consumer end date
  • consumer end date reason, consumer end date notification source

Gender and Date of Birth

Include:

  • gender
  • gender change reason
  • date of birth, date of birth accuracy status
  • multiple birth status

Miscellaneous details

Include:

  • language for correspondence
  • Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island status

Contact details

Medicare and Aged Care - Local Peer Support (LPS)

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.

Z0137 Request for information to complete or change your Medicare enrolment

Document Verification Service (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

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