“Today the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced its proposed access standards for community care and urgent care provisions that will take effect in June and guide when Veterans can seek care to meet their needs under the MISSION Act – be it with VA or with community providers. Under the MISSION Act, signed by President Trump in June 2018, there are six different eligibility criteria for community care: Services unavailable Residence in a State without a full-service VA medical facility 40-mile legacy/grandfathered from the Choice program Access standards Best medical interest Needing care from a VA medical service line that VA determines is not providing care that complies with VA’s standards for quality.”
“ACCESS STANDARDS VA is proposing new access standards, effective when the final regulations publish (expected in June 2019), to ensure Veterans have greater choice in receiving care…” Read the full press release here.
Source: VA announces access standards for health care – January 30, 2019. VA.
