Person—government funding identifier, Medicare card number N(11)

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Medicare card number
METEOR identifier:	270101
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Recorded 27/03/2007 Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 Tasmanian Health, Standard 02/09/2016 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015
Definition:	Person identifier, allocated by the Health Insurance Commission to eligible persons under the Medicare scheme, that appears on a Medicare card.
Context:	Medicare utilisation statistics. Persons eligible for Medicare services.
Data Element Concept:	Person—government funding identifier

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Identifier
Data type:	Number
Format:	N(11)
Maximum character length:	11
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	Full Medicare number for an individual (i.e. family number plus person (individual reference) number).
Comments:	The Medicare card number is printed on a Medicare card and is used to access Medicare records for an eligible person. Up to 9 persons can be included under the one Medicare card number with up to five persons appearing on one physical card. Persons grouped under one Medicare card number are often a family, however, there is no requirement for persons under the same Medicare card number to be related. A person may be shown under separate Medicare card numbers where, for example, a child needs to be included on separate Medicare cards held by their parents. As a person can be identified on more than one Medicare card this is not a unique identifier for a person.
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Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	The Medicare card number should only be collected from persons eligible to receive health services that are to be funded by the Commonwealth government. The number should be reported to the appropriate government agency to reconcile payment for the service provided. The data should not be used by private sector organisations for any other purpose unless specifically authorised by law. For example, data linkage should not be carried out unless specifically authorised by law.
Comments:	Note: Veterans may have a Medicare card number and a Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) number or only a DVA number.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Standards Australia
Origin:	AS5017 Health care client identification
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Is re-engineered from Medicare card number, version 2, DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (15.6 KB) No registration status
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 06/03/2009 Cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 22/12/2009 Cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 07/12/2011 Cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 08/05/2014 Cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 Cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 Ear nose and throat services patient cluster Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/04/2012 Health care client identification Health, Superseded 04/05/2005 Health care client identification DSS Health, Superseded 03/12/2008 Health care client identification DSS Health, Retired 20/03/2013 Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2016 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 05/07/2017 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2016 Implementation end date: 30/06/2017 Conditional obligation: Only required if the person is eligible and has a Medicare card Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2017 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 10/01/2018 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2017 Implementation end date: 30/06/2018 Conditional obligation: Only required if the person is eligible and has a Medicare card Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 05/04/2019 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2018 Implementation end date: 30/06/2019 Conditional obligation: Only required if the person is eligible and has a Medicare card Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2019 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 17/06/2020 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2019 Implementation end date: 30/06/2020 Conditional obligation: Only required if the person is eligible and has a Medicare card Tasmanian Demographics Data Set - 2020 Tasmanian Health, Standard 15/06/2020 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Implementation end date: 30/06/2021 Conditional obligation: Only required if the person is eligible and has a Medicare card WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2013-14 WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has: Synonymous name: PER_MEDICARE_NUMBER Short name: Patient Medicare number. WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2014-15 WA Health, Standard 24/04/2015 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has: Synonymous name: PER_MEDICARE_NUMBER Short name: Patient Medicare number. WA Health Non-Admitted Patient Activity and Wait List Data Collection (NAPAAWL DC) 2016-17 WA Health, Standard 30/05/2017 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: In the NAPAAWL DC this data item has: Synonymous name: PER_MEDICARE_NUMBER Short name: Patient Medicare number. The synonymous name FULL_MEDICARE_NUMBER is used for national reporting.
Implementation in Indicators:	Used as Numerator KPIs for Australian Public Mental Health Services: PI 08J – Proportion of population receiving clinical mental health care, 2015 Health, Standard 13/04/2016 National Healthcare Agreement: P21-Treatment rates for mental illness, 2010 Health, Superseded 08/06/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: P24-GP-type services, 2010 Health, Superseded 08/06/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 17-Treatment rates for mental illness, 2013 Health, Superseded 30/04/2014 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 17-Treatment rates for mental illness, 2014 Health, Superseded 14/01/2015 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 17-Treatment rates for mental illness, 2015 Health, Superseded 08/07/2016 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 17–Treatment rates for mental illness, 2016 Health, Superseded 31/01/2017 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 17–Treatment rates for mental illness, 2017 Health, Superseded 30/01/2018 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 17–Treatment rates for mental illness, 2018 Health, Superseded 19/06/2019 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 17–Treatment rates for mental illness, 2019 Health, Superseded 13/03/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 17–Treatment rates for mental illness, 2020 Health, Standard 13/03/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 17–Treatment rates for mental illness, 2021 Health, Standard 16/09/2020 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 17–Treatment rates for mental illness, 2022 Health, Standard 24/09/2021 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21-Treatment rates for mental illness, 2011 Health, Superseded 31/10/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21-Treatment rates for mental illness, 2011 Health, Superseded 31/10/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 21-Treatment rates for mental illness, 2012 Health, Superseded 25/06/2013 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 24-GP-type services, 2011 Health, Superseded 30/10/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 24-GP-type services, 2011 Health, Superseded 30/10/2011 National Healthcare Agreement: PI 24-GP-type services, 2012 Health, Retired 25/06/2013

Person—government funding identifier, Medicare card number N(11)

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