Specific veteran services GPs can provide

Key information on the Veterans’ Health Check and Coordinated Veterans’ Care programs.

Veterans’ Health Check

All veterans are entitled to a single comprehensive Veterans’ Health Check by their general practitioner (GP).

The one-off health check uses standard health check Medicare Benefits Schedule item numbers (701, 703 etc).

For veterans who left the Australian Defence Force (ADF) after 30 June 2019, you can provide an Annual Veterans’ Health Check every year for the first 5 years post discharge.

This Annual Veterans’ Health Check uses the following DVA item numbers:

• MT701 brief health assessment, lasting no more than 30 minutes
• MT703 standard health assessment, lasting no more than 45 minutes
• MT705 long health assessment, lasting no more than 60 minutes
• MT707 prolonged health assessment, lasting more than 60 minutes.

As of 1 July 2022, providers performing an Annual Veterans’ Health Check service can claim the relevant Veterans Access Payment incentive.

Coordinated Veterans’ Care Program

The CVC Program provides proactive care coordination for Veteran Gold Card holders with chronic health conditions and Veteran White Card holders with chronic DVA-accepted mental health conditions. Providers and participants work as a team to improve the participant’s health care in a general practice setting.

Who can take part

The CVC Program is for veterans who are at risk of hospitalisation, and hold either:

• a Veteran Gold Card and have a chronic health condition
• a Veteran White Card and have a chronic DVA-accepted mental health condition.

A DVA-accepted mental health condition means DVA has accepted it as being related to a veteran’s military service.

Who is not eligible

Veterans who are permanent residents of an aged care facility are not eligible.

Veteran White Card holders who do not have a DVA-accepted mental health condition are not eligible for the CVC Program. However, most Veteran White Card holders are entitled to DVA-funded mental health treatment through Non-Liability Health Care (NLHC), visit http://www.dva.gov.au/NLHC.