IMPORTANT INFORMATION

We have recently partnered with Healthengine to improve the way we communicate with you and manage your assignment of benefit for eligible appointments.

You will receive SMS reminders about your upcoming appointments from Healthengine.

If your telehealth appointment is bulk billed, you will receive an SMS from Healthengine asking you to assign your Medicare benefit to us.  Due to Medicare legislation we must have your assignment of benefit for the appointment to be bulk billed.

Doctor Update

We are thrilled to introduce our new Registrar Dr Cindy Lam and to advise that  Dr Kunwar Talwar will be staying on this semester. Both are taking new patients as well as seeing existing patients, Dr Talwar is available on Health Engine for online bookings, and Dr Lam will be shortly.

Telehealth Consults

Pioneer Medical Centre believes that the best patient care remains through face to face consults with your doctor.  There may be circumstances when a phone consult is appropriate eg discussion of results, if you are unwell with a cold or isolated with Covid-19, or for follow up.  Availability of phone consults remains the discretion of your doctor.  Our staff can advise you whether you can book a phone consult so please discuss with them by ringing 83962522.

Gaps will apply to phone consults – staff may request your payment details on booking and advise you on how to get your rebate.

SA Health continue to recommend that all patients with coughs/cold have a Covid test immediately.

Please stay well and observe the “stop the spread” campaign of social distancing, stay at home if unwell, good hand hygiene and cough etiquette.

Government’s new MyMedicare Programme

Pioneer Medical Centre is now registered for MyMedicare.

Registering as a patient is voluntary and can be done through your MyGov account or by completing a form next time you are in the practice.  Please speak to our receptionists.

Registering with MyMedicare can provide you with funded chronic disease management and preventative care from July 2025. The Government plans to increase health programs under MyMedicare in the future but have not provided details at this point.