AUS: Medicare Card

  • Name: Requires given, middle initial and family names as shown on the card
  • Date of Birth: Always in YYYY-MM-DD format
  • ID Type: idType = NATIONAL_HEALTH_ID
  • Country: AUS
  • Number:  idNumber = The full card number
  • Colour: idSubType = G|B|Y   (choice of Green Blue or Yellow)
  • Expiry: idExpiry = YYYY-MM-DD   (note: Green cards only have YYYY-MM so you need to append -01 for the -DD)
  • Reference number: extraData
    • KvpKey: "reference",
    • KvpValue: "n"  ( where n is a number  1< n < 6 )
  • Middle name/initial on card (optional) extraData
    • KvpKey: "display_middle_name",
    • KvpValue: "J"