DVA Care
Who Is Eligible?
Suppose you have a Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) Health Card/Veteran Card – All Conditions (Gold) or Totally & Permanently Incapacitated (Gold). In that case, DVA will pay for physiotherapy services available through DVA arrangements to meet your clinical needs. For more information about the Gold Card, please see Factsheets HSV59 — Eligibility for the DVA Health Card/Veteran Card — All Conditions (Gold) or Totally & Permanently Incapacitated (Gold) and HSV60 — Using the DVA Health Card/Veteran Card — All Conditions (Gold) or Totally & Permanently Incapacitated (Gold).
Suppose you have a DVA Health Card/Veteran Card – Specific Conditions (White). In that case, DVA will pay for physiotherapy services provided under DVA arrangements if they are required because of an accepted war or service-caused injury or disease. For more information about the White Card, please see Factsheet HSV61 — DVA Health Card/Veteran Card — Specific Conditions (White).
If you are an allied veteran, you are eligible for treatment of war-caused disabilities accepted by your country of enlistment. Please see Factsheet HSV62 — Commonwealth and Other Allied Veterans Living in Australia for information on available services.
How Do I Access This Service?
You must be referred to a physiotherapist who has a Medicare provider number. A referral can be issued by a general practitioner (GP). In certain circumstances, a referral may also be issued by a medical specialist or a health professional as part of a hospital discharge.
A referral is valid for up to 12 sessions of allied health treatment or one year, whichever ends first. This ‘treatment cycle’ aims to promote quality clinical care so that you have the best possible prospects for living a healthy life.
At the end of a treatment cycle, your physiotherapist will send a report to your usual GP. Your GP will use this report to review your progress and assess if further physiotherapy is clinically required or whether other treatment options are needed. Your GP will provide a new referral to the physiotherapist if it is needed.
Do I Need To Pay For Treatment?
AppliedMotion Physiotherapy will accept DVA Gold or White card for full payment of our services and will bill DVA directly for any care provided to you under DVA arrangements. This will ensure you do not incur any out pocket expenses.
Require More Information?
Please contact our clinic to chat to our friendly staff.
For further information regarding DVA benefits and factsheets:
DVA Website: www.dva.gov.au
Factsheet Website: www.dva.gov.au/factsheets
Disclaimer
All information on this page has been taken from www.dva.gov.au