Medicare Provider Registration Information
Medical Practitioners – Subject to Sections 19AA and/or 19AB and need help?
Call us today if you are unable to obtain a Provider Number because you do not have access to correct and sufficient information to apply for a Medicare Provider Number.
If you are a medical practitioner and currently practicing medicine or wish to practice medicine in future in Australia, you may be subject to Sections 19AA and/or 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973. According to Medicare -“Eligibility to access Medicare benefits is determined by the Health Insurance Act 1973 and related Regulations. In particular, the requirements of sections 19AA and 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973 must be satisfied before access to Medicare benefits can be granted.”
Access to sufficient or correct information about Sections 19AA and/or 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973 is very important, specially, when applying for a Medicare provider number. Medicare Australia may refuse your application for a Medicare provider number if all relevant documentation and information is not supplied or if you fail to satisfy requirements of Sections 19AA and/or 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
About our experienced Provider Registration Consultants:
Our highly experienced Provider Registration Consultants have access to correct and latest information and can provide you general information about Sections 19AA and/or 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973 matching your personal circumstances. Our information services can be of significant help if you wish to apply for an initial Medicare provider number or an additional location Medicare provider number or you had a provider number in the past – but, currently, you are not eligible anymore because your personal circumstances changed and want to be eligible again.
• All overseas trained doctors
• All Australian trained doctors
• All medical students
• Overseas trained doctors who are or will become Australian citizens or permanent residents
• Foreign graduates of accredited medical schools.
• New Zealand citizens or permanent residents who are currently practicing as a medical practitioner or wish to practice in future.
• Overseas trained doctors who are temporary residents
• Doctors that are subject to Section 19AA of the Health Insurance Act 1973 and wish to apply for a Section19AA exemption
• Doctors that are subject to Section 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973 and wish to apply for a Section 19AB exemption
• All Australian medical graduates and overseas trained doctors who need to obtain a recognized post- graduate qualification or be undertaking an approved program placement and registered in that program by Medicare Australia under Section 3GA of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Our Provider Registration Consultants provide general information based on information available from other organizations such as Medicare Australia, AHPRA, the Department of Health and Ageing, Rural Workforce Agencies, General Practice Education and Training Limited, Specialist medical colleges, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and many more.
You may have been confused for years because you did not have access to correct and sufficient information and were unable to obtain a Medicare Provider Number or refused. Now necessary and correct information is only one phone call away. If you are you affected by Sections 19AA and /or 19AB and unable to obtain Medicare provider number because you do not have access to sufficient and correct information about Sections 19AA and /or 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973, call us today and enjoy the difference.
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