Title: How to enrol and get started in Medicare - Enrolling your baby in Medicare - Services Australia
Headings: Enrolling your baby in Medicare
Enrolling your baby in Medicare
If you claim a Centrelink family payment
If you don’t claim a Centrelink family payment
Using your online account or mobile device
Using your Newborn Child Declaration form
Using the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medicare enrolment and amendment form
If you don’t have a Newborn Child Declaration form

Content: using your Medicare online account through myGov. submitting a Medicare enrolment form. You can fill in the form at home and send it to us by mail or email to Medicare Enrolment Services. You’ll need to attach proof of birth documents. They don’t have to be certified. You’ll need to provide proof of birth documents. This can be any of the following: a birth certificate or extract
other Australian Government documents that verify the child’s name and date of birth
a letter from the doctor or midwife who attended the birth. If you’re using a letter from the doctor or midwife as proof, it must include: details of the child’s parents
the child’s name, date and place of birth
the doctor or midwife’s signature, qualifications, contact information and registration number.