Provider news

Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) clients have been advised to continue accessing health care during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to contact their usual General Practitioner (GP) to discuss the options available to them.

DVA and the Older Persons Advocacy Network are hosting a series of eight webinars. Following on from the first successful webinar held on 25 March 2020, webinars two and three will be held on Tuesday 26 May 2020.

DVA clients are receiving new look Veteran Cards to access healthcare. Health providers can accept the Veteran Cards from DVA clients for their treatments as usual. Client entitlements remain the same.

Accessing and installing a personal monitoring system may be suitable for older veterans and widow/ers if they are self-isolating to protect themselves from exposure to COVID-19.

Get the latest information about DVA’s healthcare arrangements during the COVID-19 pandemic and useful links to information to share with your veteran patients.

DVA has revised the MRI Prior Approval Request Form to simplify and ensure more timely submissions and responses for imaging clinics and GPs.

This factsheet contains all of the information you need to know about with the current COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 arrangements for our clients during the pandemic, including vaccinations

The CVC Program webinar, scheduled for 2pm, is not able to proceed as planned on 25 March due to the unavoidable withdrawal of a key member of the presentation team. OPAN has informed all registered participants the CVC webinar will be rescheduled. The 'Introduction to DVA Services' webinar, scheduled for 11am, will still be broadcast on 25 March.

The meeting summary from the DVA Health Providers Partnership Forum held on 8 November 2019 is now available on the DVA website.