DVA fee schedules and Notes for Allied Health Providers are updated regularly. Verify the current line on the DVA Fee Schedules and DVA Notes for Allied Health Providers before claiming. This page does not include fee amounts. Last reviewed 28 April 2026.
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DVA Gold Card
The DVA Gold Card (formally Repatriation Health Card — For All Conditions) entitles the holder to clinically necessary treatment for all health conditions, regardless of whether the condition is service-related. Providers bill DVA at 100% of the MBS schedule fee.
What this covers
- All clinically necessary medical, allied health, and mental health treatment.
- Hospital, community, and home-based care where the service is approved by DVA.
- No pre-approval required for most allied health within current treatment-cycle limits.
- Pharmaceutical benefits under the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (RPBS).
Eligibility
- Veterans of declared operational service, prisoners of war, and certain widowed partners.
- Veterans with high-level service-related disability (general rate of 100% disability pension or above).
- Card status is determined by DVA — providers do not assess eligibility.
Your notes must show
Documentation tests — what notes need to record to match what DVA asks, for fee-for-service and end-of-cycle reviews.
- Veteran identifier and Gold Card details (file number).
- Referring doctor and referral date (where the service requires a GP referral).
- Presenting concern and clinical assessment.
- Treatment plan, modality, and expected duration.
- Session-by-session progress notes (date, start/end time, intervention, response).
- End-of-cycle outcome summary if claimed under treatment-cycle items.
Common audit failures
Patterns DVA flag at end-of-cycle review or fee-for-service audit.
- Treating a Gold Card holder under the wrong fee schedule (charging the patient or claiming under MBS instead of DVA).
- No referral on file for services that require one.
- Session-volume claims without commensurate progress documentation.
- Open-ended treatment without clear discharge planning.
Authoritative sources
Documentation tests on this page reference DVA Notes for Allied Health Providers and the published DVA programme rules. Always confirm current rules against the official DVA sources before claiming.
Related DVA references
Templates for DVA work
Note templates inside Grounded Scribe for DVA initial assessments, cycle progress notes, and end-of-cycle reports — function-focussed by default and aligned to the documentation tests above.
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