Department of Veterans Affairs and Credentialled Diabetes Educators

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Credentialled Diabetes Educators (CDEs) have been recognised as the appropriately qualified health care professionals to provide diabetes education to Australian veterans.

Eligibility

Veterans must meet the following criteria to be eligible for consultations with a CDE:

Referrals

A veteran must be referred to you by one of the following:

Referrals remain active for 12 months from the date of referral. Referral dates cannot overlap from one 12 month period to the next. An ongoing referral can only be provided in certain circumstances.

Individual and group consultations

Veterans are eligible for diabetes education provided both as individual consultations and as group services.

Becoming a provider for Australian veterans

All information is available on the DVA website.

Maintaining your credentialling status

Medicare Australia and the DVA consider the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA) as the regulatory body for CDEs. The ADEA expects all CDEs to participate in the Re-Credentialling Program and lodge applications for re-credentialling according to instructions on the Recredentialling page. All CDEs who have been granted CDE status as a membership benefit must maintain a financial full ADEA membership. Please be aware that ADEA reports all practitioners with lapsed CDE status to Medicare, including those due to non-financial membership, within one (1) month which results in loss of provider status.

Need more information?

For more information, please visit the website of the DVA. You may wish to find out more information about the Treatment Cycle for the following groups:

The ADEA recommends that CDEs join the Private Practice Special Interest Group (PP SIG) to network and exchange information with peers who also provide diabetes education consultations to through DVA.

To locate a CDE in your area, please click here to return to the ‘Find a CDE’ search function of this website.

Department of Veterans Affairs and Credentialled Diabetes Educators

CDE logo

Credentialled Diabetes Educators (CDEs) have been recognised as the appropriately qualified health care professionals to provide diabetes education to Australian veterans.

Eligibility

Veterans must meet the following criteria to be eligible for consultations with a CDE:

  • Hold a Repatriation Health Card – For All Conditions (Gold Card)
  • Hold a Repatriation Health Card – For Specific Conditions (White Card) and diabetes education is required because of an accepted war service caused injury or disease

Referrals

A veteran must be referred to you by one of the following:

  • A Local Medical Officer /General Practitioner
  • A medical specialist
  • A hospital discharge planner
  • Another diabetes educator with a current referral

Referrals remain active for 12 months from the date of referral. Referral dates cannot overlap from one 12 month period to the next. An ongoing referral can only be provided in certain circumstances.

Individual and group consultations

Veterans are eligible for diabetes education provided both as individual consultations and as group services.

Becoming a provider for Australian veterans

All information is available on the DVA website.

Maintaining your credentialling status

Medicare Australia and the DVA consider the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA) as the regulatory body for CDEs. The ADEA expects all CDEs to participate in the Re-Credentialling Program and lodge applications for re-credentialling according to instructions on the Recredentialling page. All CDEs who have been granted CDE status as a membership benefit must maintain a financial full ADEA membership. Please be aware that ADEA reports all practitioners with lapsed CDE status to Medicare, including those due to non-financial membership, within one (1) month which results in loss of provider status.

Need more information?

For more information, please visit the website of the DVA. You may wish to find out more information about the Treatment Cycle for the following groups:

The ADEA recommends that CDEs join the Private Practice Special Interest Group (PP SIG) to network and exchange information with peers who also provide diabetes education consultations to through DVA.

To locate a CDE in your area, please click here to return to the ‘Find a CDE’ search function of this website.