Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Veterans' health care in the United States is separated geographically into 19 regions (numbered 1, 2, 4–10, 12 and 15–23) [1] known as VISNs, or Veterans Integrated Service Networks, into systems within each network headed by medical centers, and hierarchically within each system by division level of care or type.
VA Medical Center: Anchorage: Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System Community Based Outpatient Clinic: Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson: Elmendorf-Richardson VA Clinic Fairbanks: Fairbanks VA Clinic Homer: Homer VA Clinic Juneau: Juneau VA Clinic Wasilla: Mat-Su VA Clinic Soldotna: Soldotna VA Clinic
Recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan increased demands on VA resources with the number of veterans of these wars who went to VA for care increasing 200% from 2007 [25] to 2013, [26] The Veterans Benefits Administration also received an additional $1.2 billion as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) Joint Commission (TJC) National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) National Dialysis Accreditation Commission (NDAC) [6] The Compliance Team, "Exemplary Provider Programs" The Intersocietal Accreditation Commission(IAC) Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC)
Briefly, a Veterans Service Representative (VSR), [42] a VBA employee, reviews the information submitted by a veteran to determine if the VBA needs any additional evidence (e.g., medical records) to adjudicate the claim. [43] VA has a legal obligation to help veterans obtain any evidence that will support their claim. [44]
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country. Non-healthcare benefits include disability ...
List of hospitals in American Samoa (total: 1) [4] List of hospitals in Guam (total: 3) [5] List of hospitals in the Northern Mariana Islands (total: 1) [6] List of hospitals in Puerto Rico (notable: 6) [7] List of hospitals in the United States Virgin Islands (total: 2) [8] Freely associated states:
Veterans' hospitals and medical facilities of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Veterans' hospitals and medical clinics administered by and/or affiliated with the VA. The main article for this category is List of Veterans Affairs medical facilities .