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Modification of authority of licensure of health care professionals providing treatment via telemedicine Section 1730C of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) In general ... Notwithstanding any provision of law regarding the licensure of health care professionals or the prescribing of controlled substances, a covered health care professional may practice the health care profession of the health care professional
Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program to provide grants to mental health care providers for the provision of mental health care for veterans
Department of Veterans Affairs pilot program to provide grants to mental health care providers for the provision of mental health care for veterans (a) Establishment The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall carry out a three ... year pilot program under which the Secretary shall make grants to eligible mental health care providers for the provision of mental health care, including evidence-based mental health care delivered in person or via telehealth
Prescription, delivery, distribution, and dispensation of controlled substance medications by covered health care professionals of Department of Veterans Affairs via telemedicine
Prescription, delivery, distribution, and dispensation of controlled substance medications by covered health care professionals of Department of Veterans Affairs via telemedicine (a) In general Subchapter III of chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code ... Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802(54) and 829(e)), a covered health care professional may prescribe, deliver, distribute, and dispense a controlled substance if the covered health care professional is using telemedicine through
Study on quality of care difference between mental health and addiction therapy care provided by health care providers of Department of Veterans Affairs compared to non-Department providers
Study on quality of care difference between mental health and addiction therapy care provided by health care providers of Department of Veterans Affairs compared to non-Department providers (a) In general Not later than ... between mental health and addiction therapy care under the laws administered by the Secretary provided by health care providers of the Department compared to non-Department providers across various modalities, such as telehealth, in-patient
Improvements to temporary licensure requirements for contract health care professionals who perform medical disability examinations for the Department of Veterans Affairs
Improvements to temporary licensure requirements for contract health care professionals who perform medical disability examinations for the Department of Veterans Affairs (a) Expansion Section 504 of the Veterans’ Benefits Improvements Act of 1996 ( Public ... subsection (a) of section 2002 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–315 ; 38 U.S.C. 5101 note), is further amended, subject
Implementation of and report on efforts of Department of Veterans Affairs to improve health care appointment scheduling
Implementation of and report on efforts of Department of Veterans Affairs to improve health care appointment scheduling (a) In general Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this ... appropriate committees of Congress a plan to improve the process for scheduling appointments for health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, including improvements for both patients and employees of the Department responsible for scheduling
Extension of deadline for submittal of claims by health care entities and providers under prompt payment standard
Extension of deadline for submittal of claims by health care entities and providers under prompt payment standard Section 1703D of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ... claim ; (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: (b) Submittal of claims by health care entities and providers (1) A health care entity or provider that furnishes hospital care, a medical service
Access to health care
Access to health care (a) Connection to Veterans Health Administration when a disability claim related to military sexual trauma is submitted to Veterans Benefits Administration Section 2 of the MST Claims Coordination Act ( Public ... read as follows: (5) The term military sexual trauma with respect to eligibility for health care, has the meaning given such term in section 1166(d)(2) of title 38, United States Code. . (b) Care
Establishment of Veterans Health Administration Policy Advisory Commission
medical systems, including expertise in quality of care, staffing issues, health information technology, artificial intelligence in health care, medical research, and managed care plans and networks. (B) Experience of members In appointing members under paragraph ... Comptroller General shall select individuals from backgrounds that reflect the broad diversity of health care received by veterans, including nonprofit health systems, public and private health systems, care furnished by the Veterans Health Administration
Modification of authority for sharing of health-care resources of Department of Veterans Affairs to include flexible space utilization and streamlined service agreements
Modification of authority for sharing of health-care resources of Department of Veterans Affairs to include flexible space utilization and streamlined service agreements Section 8153 of title 38, United States Code, is amended ... respectively; (E) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph (C): (C) If the health-care resource required is physical space or common services with respect to existing buildings and is to be acquired
Extension of sharing of Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense Health Care Resources; resource sharing oversight and implementation plan
Extension of sharing of Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense Health Care Resources; resource sharing oversight and implementation plan (a) Extension Section 8111(d)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
Pilot platform for services for veterans; collection from veterans of information related to social determinants of health
changes in individual and population health outcomes among veterans; (ii) changes in access to health care or social services among veterans; and (iii) such other factors as the Comptroller General considers appropriate. (B) Report ... participate in the pilot program: (i) A community-based organization that— (I) accepts referrals from health care organizations; and (II) provides covered services. (ii) A public or private health care provider organization. (iii) A public
Scheduling of appointments under the Veterans Community Care Program
process Subsection (d) of section 3101 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–315 ; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended ... which a scheduler of the Department, using an information technology system, may schedule an appointment for health care furnished by the Department or through the Veterans Community Care Program, under section 1703 of this title
Codification of requirements for eligibility standards for access to community care from Department of Veterans Affairs
institutional extended care services, are as follows: (A) With respect to primary care, mental health care, or non-institutional extended care services, the Secretary must schedule an appointment for the covered veteran with a health ... longer average driving time has been agreed to by the veteran in consultation with a health care provider of the veteran; and (ii) within 20 days of either the date of request for such
Veteran participation in certain mental health programs
priority admission to a covered treatment program, the Secretary shall— (A) consider any referral of a health care provider of a covered veteran; and (B) ensure that consideration of such criteria includes consideration ... collected pursuant to a subsequent clinical screening under subsection (g)(3)(F). (viii) A list of health care systems without a covered treatment program and an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of opening
Expansion of access by veterans to critical access hospitals and affiliated clinics under the Veterans Community Care Program
facilities participating in the pilot program to reimburse critical access hospitals and affiliated clinics for outpatient health care and medical services provided to eligible veterans. (B) Elements The Secretary, in coordination with participating critical access ... Secretary considers appropriate, to ensure— (i) the provision of timely, safe, and high-quality health care services to participants in the pilot program, including through timely sharing of pertinent medical record and other information between
Agreements between medical facilities of Department of Veterans Affairs and rural medical facilities
related to one or more of the following: (1) Co-location of Department and non- Department health care resources. (2) The provision of telehealth to eligible veterans by health care providers of the Department ... Leasing of space or equipment by or from the Department. (4) Training by health care providers of the Department of non-Department health care providers, subject to paragraph (4). (5) Care coordination for authorized care
Pilot program on coordination of care between Department of Veterans Affairs and Medicare program
pilot program The purposes of the pilot program are as follows: (1) To improve access to health care services for covered veterans from the Department of Veterans Affairs and under the Medicare program under title ... existing models In designing the pilot program, the Secretary may use existing models used by commercial health care programs to improve access, health outcomes, quality, and customer experience and lower per capita costs. (f) Contracting
Modification of requirements for Center for Innovation for Care and Payment of the Department of Veterans Affairs and transfer of authority
Identification and testing of models (1) In general The Center shall— (A) identify and test health care payment and service delivery models under this title, including care from non-Department providers under subchapter ... furnished to veterans; (B) give preference to models that improve the coordination, quality, and efficiency of health care services furnished under this title; and (C) evaluate the effect of applying such models on program expenditures
Provider training
incentive requirements applicable to community care providers participating in the Veterans Community Care Program and health care providers, residents, and trainees of the Department of Veterans Affairs. (b) Elements The plan required under subsection ... shall— (1) identify existing training requirements or incentives applicable to health care providers of the Department; (2) identify existing training requirements or incentives applicable to health care trainees or residents of the Department; (3) identify
Veterans TBI Breakthrough Exploration of Adaptive Care Opportunities Nationwide Act
demonstrated capability to conduct clinical trials relating to neurorehabilitation treatments. (C) A non-Department health care provider with expertise in neurorehabilitative therapies and demonstrated capability to conduct clinical trials and to evaluate mTBI treatments through ... pathways to access such resources; and (D) establishing partnerships with community organizations, academic institutions, and health care facilities, including, as practicable, coordination with Veterans Health Administration facilities to facilitate referral of eligible veterans, continuity
Discussion of telehealth options under Veterans Community Care Program
primarily available through telehealth. (2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to prohibit a health care provider specified in subsection (c) from furnishing hospital care, medical services, or extended care services under this section
Requirements relating to quality of community care providers
Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs develops a process to identify health care providers that are terminated, retire, or resign from employment with the Department for quality of care concerns ... while under investigation for quality of care concerns so those health care providers can be prevented from participating in the Veterans Community Care Program. (d) Update of information on providers Not later than one year
Updates to contracting requirements under Veterans Community Care Program
quality, training, and medical documentation; (ii) it is reasonable to terminate the contract based on the health care needs of veterans; or (iii) it is reasonable to terminate the contract based on coverage provided ... purposes of this section, if the entity— (I) is excluded from participation in a Federal health care program (as defined in section 1128B(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b(f))) under
Report on long-term care physical infrastructure needs of Department of Veterans Affairs
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report, disaggregated by medical center or other relevant health care facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs, identifying the physical infrastructure needs of the Department to support ... process, could be modified to include higher prioritization of projects that support the provision of a health care service that is not widely available, or is not available in compliance with appropriate quality or access
Access to mental health residential rehabilitation treatment programs for veterans with spinal cord injury or disorder
medical equipment needs; and (C) an assessment of the best location to deliver treatment and health care under mental health residential treatment programs, including through the use of spinal cord injury or disorder centers, spinal ... cord injury or disorder spokes, and community care providers. (b) Pilot program (1) In general Commencing not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall carry
Bowel and bladder care program of Department of Veterans Affairs
monthly stipend to family members and individually employed caregivers and payment to contracted home health agencies for care provided to covered veterans under the program. (2) Limitation (A) Family members and individually employed caregivers ... nearest to the residence of such veteran. (B) Home health agencies Payment to a home health agency for care provided to a covered veteran under the program may not exceed the payment rates
Research related to menopause, perimenopause, and mid-life women’s health: report; plan
report; plan (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered provider The term covered provider means a health care provider employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs. (2) Menopause The term menopause means the stage ... uptake of professional training resources for covered providers relating to mid-life women’s health with respect to the care, treatment, and management of perimenopause and menopausal symptoms, and related support services
Department of Veterans Affairs strategic human capital plan
staffing levels of each employee position needed to deliver high quality, accessible, and timely health care, benefits, and other services the Secretary considers appropriate, disaggregated by employee position, facility location, facility type, region, administration, program ... subparagraph (A) align with industry best practices in each employee position for the anticipated demand for health care, benefits, and other services described in subsection (b); and (C) core competencies, as defined by the Secretary
Establishment of period during which a referral under Veterans Community Care Program remains valid
shall ensure that the period during which such care or services may be performed by a health care provider specified in subsection (c) begins on the date that the covered veteran has the first appointment