DVA
DVA referrals must include the following information to be valid:
- Name and DVA file number of the entitled person (as shown on the DVA Health Card)
- The treatment entitlement of the person, i.e. Gold Card or White Card (include accepted conditions, if known, for White Card)
- Provider name and provider number of the referring health care provider
- Confirmation that the referring provider is the entitled person’s usual GP, or a medical specialist or by a health care professional as the result of a hospital discharge
- Date of the referral
- If the entitled person is resident in a Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF), the level of care that they are funded to receive and the date the funding began
- Entitled person’s clinical details (including recent illnesses, injuries and current medication, if applicable)
- The condition(s) to be treated or reason(s) for referral (and not the service to be provided e.g. Osteoarthritis of right knee not Rehabilitation)
- List other treating health care providers.