Veterans Community Care Program

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The Veterans Community Care Program is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs initiative that allows eligible veterans to receive healthcare services from approved community providers outside VA facilities under certain conditions.

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Label Occurrences
Veterans Community Care Program canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal program ⓘ
health care program ⓘ
veterans benefit program ⓘ
administeredBy United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ
allows eligible veterans to receive care from community providers ⓘ
allowsCareOutside VA medical facilities ⓘ
appliesTo veterans ⓘ
coordinatesWith VA medical centers ⓘ
community care offices ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
covers mental health care ⓘ
primary care ⓘ
specialty care ⓘ
urgent care under certain conditions ⓘ
documentation VA policy guidance and directives ⓘ
eligibilityDependsOn appointment wait times at VA facilities ⓘ
availability of VA services ⓘ
best medical interest of the veteran ⓘ
clinical necessity ⓘ
drive time to VA facilities ⓘ
service not available at a VA facility ⓘ
veteran’s VA enrollment status ⓘ
fundedBy federal appropriations ⓘ
goal improve access to health care for veterans ⓘ
increase provider choice for veterans ⓘ
reduce wait times for veteran health care ⓘ
hasComponent referrals to community specialists ⓘ
urgent care benefit ⓘ
implementedBy Veterans Health Administration ⓘ
informationAvailableAt VA official website ⓘ
legalBasis VA MISSION Act of 2018 ⓘ
mayRequire veteran copayments ⓘ
monitoredBy VA Office of Community Care ⓘ
partOf VA community care system ⓘ
pays community providers for authorized services ⓘ
relatedTo VA MISSION Act community care provisions ⓘ
VA health care eligibility rules ⓘ
replaced Veterans Choice Program ⓘ
requires VA authorization for most community care ⓘ
community providers to be in VA’s community care network ⓘ
community providers to meet VA quality standards ⓘ
sector health care ⓘ
startDate 2019 ⓘ
subjectTo federal regulations on veterans health care ⓘ
targetPopulation eligible veterans enrolled in VA health care ⓘ
typeOfCoverage publicly funded health care ⓘ
uses approved community providers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

VA MISSION Act of 2018 → creates → Veterans Community Care Program ⓘ
Veterans Choice Program → replacedBy → Veterans Community Care Program ⓘ
Veterans Choice Program → replacedBy → Veterans Community Care Program ⓘ