Information for DVA Community Nursing Providers

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) provides entitled veterans and war widow/widowers (entitled persons) with access to a range of quality health care and related services, including community nursing services, at DVA’s expense. DVA provides access to community nursing services to meet an entitled person’s assessed clinical and/or personal care needs in their own home under the DVA Community Nursing Program.

DVA tenders for the provision of community nursing services across Australia to form a Panel of DVA-contracted community nursing providers to deliver community nursing services.

The Guidelines for the provision of community nursing services (Community Nursing Guidelines) outline the DVA-contracted community nursing provider’s clinical and administrative requirements under their contract with DVA.

The following sections outline the DVA Community Nursing Program's requirements and contains information about:

• Community Nursing Guidelines
• Classification System and Schedule of Fees effective 1 March 2010
• Classification System and Schedule of Fees effective 1 January 2010 (includes 2008 Community Nursing Guidelines)
• Education Package for Community Nursing Providers effective 1 March 2010
• Exceptional Case Unit
• Forms
• Minimum Data Set (MDS) effective 1 March 2010
• Minimum Data Set (MDS) effective 1 January 2010
• Claiming Vouchers
• Nursing Services Package (NSP)
• Quality Management Framework
• Panel of DVA-contracted community nursing providers

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