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The Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 (H.R. 3230; Pub. L. 113–146 (text)), also known as the Veterans Choice Act, is a United States public law that is intended to address the ongoing Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014.
Timeliness of care was an important goal to the VHA. In 1995, VHA established a goal of scheduling primary and specialty care medical appointments within 30 days to ensure veterans' timely access to care. [19] VHA began collecting patients wait time data in 2000 for which the then-General Accounting Office (GAO) reported inaccuracies. [20]
The Veteran Access to Care Act of 2014 is a bill that would allow United States veterans to receive their healthcare from non-VA facilities under certain conditions. [1] [2] The bill is a response to the Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014, in which it was discovered that there was systematic lying about the wait times veterans experienced waiting to be seen by doctors.
Jon A. Wooditch (Acting) June 22, 2005 Richard J. Griffin November 11, 1997 William Merriman (Acting) January 3, 1996 Stephen A. Trodden August 4, 1990 Renald P. Morani January 1, 1988 Frank S. Sato July 31, 1981 Morris B. Silverstein (Acting) January 21, 1981 Allan L. Reynolds May 1, 1979 John J. Williams (Acting Deputy IG) November 9, 1977
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) led by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health [2] that implements the healthcare program of the VA through a nationalized healthcare service in the United States, providing healthcare and healthcare-adjacent services to veterans through the administration and operation ...
Integrity matters when applying to medical school. Physicians are expected to be compassionate to people, even when medical systems are counter to that and do not care for all people in the same way.
The Archbishop of York has asked the people of Britain to consider what kind of the country it should be
The Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health is a sub-cabinet position in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.Formerly known as the Chief Medical Director of Veterans Health, the Undersecretary is the highest official directly responsible to the Secretary for the Veterans Health Administration, which is the largest agency within the department.