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or compensation from, or has commenced an action for damages against, another party that is not a registered health insurance organisation or a friendly society, for treatment of an injury, disease or other medical condition.

    "Comprehensive Care Plan" means the care plan prepared by a general practitioner, in accordance with the Notes for Coordinated Veterans' Care Program Providers, for an entitled person participating in the Coordinated Veterans' Care Program.

    Note: Fees for the preparation of a "Comprehensive Care Plan" are set out in the Schedule 8, Co‑ordinated Veterans' Care (CVC) Program of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Fee Schedules for Medical Services (see: paragraph 3.5.1).

    "Contracted Day Procedure Centre" means premises:

               (a) at which any patient is admitted and discharged on the same day for medical, surgical or other treatment; and

               (b) operated by a person contracted to the Commission or the Department in respect of treatment provided at the premises to entitled persons;

               but does not include any of the following premises:

         (c) premises conducted by or on behalf of the State;
           (d) a public hospital or health service under the control of a public health organisation;
    (e) a private hospital;
    (f) a nursing home;
    (g) a residential rehabilitation establishment.

    "contracted private hospital" means a private hospital with which the Commission has entered into arrangements for the care and welfare of eligible persons.

    "convalescent care" means a period of medically prescribed convalescence for an entitled person who is recovering from an acute illness or an operation.

    "Coordinated Veterans' Care Program" means the treatment program of that name set out in Part 6A of these Principles and in the Notes for Coordinated Veterans' Care Program Providers that aims to reduce the need for hospitalisation among Gold Card holders and eligible White Card holders of the veteran and defence force community and improve their social well‑being.  In particular the program has the following main features:
          assessment – a general practitioner (GP) will assess a person with complex care needs due to chronic disease to see if the person would benefit from the clinical care services under the program and ascertain if the person meets the program's eligibility criteria;
          consent – a person needs to consent to participation in the program and the GP needs to record that consent.  As treatment is being provided it is the GP's responsibility to ensure a potential participant in the program understands the nature of the program and that the person's personal details that are relevant to the person's treatment under the program may be provided to bodies and individuals such as the Department, the Department of Human Services and health care providers, who have a need for the information in connection with the