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WASHINGTON — President Obama says he supports a congressional panel's recommendation to create a veterans' health care system that coordinates government and private care.
The recommendation is among a total of 18 issued in July by the Commission on Care. Congress created the panel following a scandal over long wait times for veterans who sought care through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Obama told Congress in a letter sent Thursday that he strongly supports 15 of the panel's 18 recommendations.
He says the VA is already adopting many of the proposals as part of a continuing overhaul of the department.
In its July report, the panel said the VA needs "fundamental, dramatic change" to improve the health care it provides to more than 9 million veterans a year.
WASHINGTON — President Obama says he supports a congressional panel's recommendation to create a veterans' health care system that coordinates government and private care.
The recommendation is among a total of 18 issued in July by the Commission on Care. Congress created the panel following a scandal over long wait times for veterans who sought care through the Department of Veterans Affairs. Obama told Congress in a letter sent Thursday that he strongly supports 15 of the panel's 18 recommendations.
He says the VA is already adopting many of the proposals as part of a continuing overhaul of the department.
In its July report, the panel said the VA needs "fundamental, dramatic change" to improve the health care it provides to more than 9 million veterans a year.
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Thanks for providing an overview SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL.
Below are the 18 recommendations issued in July by the Commission on Care. I have been trying to determine which 3 POTUS Obama did not support. Does anybody know?
#1: Across the United States, with local input and knowledge, VHA should establish high-performing, integrated community-based health care networks, to be known as the VHA Care System, from which veterans will access high-quality health care services.
CLINICAL OPERATIONS
#2: Enhance clinical operations through more effective use of providers and other health professionals, and improved data collection and management.
#3: Develop a process for appealing clinical decisions that provides veterans protections at least comparable to those afforded patients under other federally-supported programs.
#4: Adopt a continuous improvement methodology to support VHA transformation, and consolidate best practices and continuous improvement efforts under the Veterans Engineering Resource Center.
HEALTH CARE EQUITY
#5: Eliminate health care disparities among veterans treated in the VHA Care System by committing adequate personnel and monetary resources to address the causes of the problem and ensuring the VHA Health Equity Action Plan is fully implemented.
FACILITY and CAPITAL ASSETS
#6: Develop and implement a robust strategy for meeting and managing VHA’s facility and capital-asset needs.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
#7: Modernize VA’s IT systems and infrastructure to improve veterans’ health and well-being and provide the foundation needed to transform VHA’s clinical and business processes.
SUPPLY CHAIN
#8: Transform the management of the supply chain in VHA.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
#9: Establish a board of directors to provide overall VHA Care System governance, set long-term strategy, and direct and oversee the transformation process.
LEADERSHIP
#10: Require leaders at all levels of the organization to champion a focused, clear, benchmarked strategy to transform VHA culture and sustain staff engagement.
#11: Rebuild a system for leadership succession based on a benchmarked health care competency model that is consistently applied to recruitment, development, and advancement within the leadership pipeline.
#12: Transform organizational structures and management processes to ensure adherence to national VHA standards, while also promoting decision making at the lowest level of the organization, eliminating waste and redundancy, promoting innovation, and fostering the spread of best practices.
#13: Streamline and focus organizational performance measurement in VHA using core metrics that are identical to those used in the private sector, and establish a personnel performance management system for health care leaders in VHA that is distinct from performance measurement, is based on the leadership competency model, assesses leadership ability, and measures the achievement of important organizational strategies.
DIVERSITY and CULTURAL COMPETENCE
#14: Foster cultural and military competence among all VHA Care System leadership, providers, and staff to embrace diversity, promote cultural sensitivity, and improve veteran health outcomes.
WORKFORCE
#15: Create a simple-to-administer alternative personnel system, in law and regulation, which governs all VHA employees, applies best practices from the private sector to human capital management, and supports pay and benefits that are competitive with the private sector.
#16: Require VA and VHA executives to lead the transformation of HR, commit funds, and assign expert resources to achieve an effective human capital management system.
ELIGIBILITY
#17: Provide a streamlined path to eligibility for health care for those with an other-than-honorable discharge who have substantial honorable service.
#18: Establish an expert body to develop recommendations for VA care eligibility and benefit design.
FYI this is aduplicate discussion. Just in case you didn't see it last time: COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Christopher Mueller Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Forrest Stewart SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Robert Hawks SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
Below are the 18 recommendations issued in July by the Commission on Care. I have been trying to determine which 3 POTUS Obama did not support. Does anybody know?
#1: Across the United States, with local input and knowledge, VHA should establish high-performing, integrated community-based health care networks, to be known as the VHA Care System, from which veterans will access high-quality health care services.
CLINICAL OPERATIONS
#2: Enhance clinical operations through more effective use of providers and other health professionals, and improved data collection and management.
#3: Develop a process for appealing clinical decisions that provides veterans protections at least comparable to those afforded patients under other federally-supported programs.
#4: Adopt a continuous improvement methodology to support VHA transformation, and consolidate best practices and continuous improvement efforts under the Veterans Engineering Resource Center.
HEALTH CARE EQUITY
#5: Eliminate health care disparities among veterans treated in the VHA Care System by committing adequate personnel and monetary resources to address the causes of the problem and ensuring the VHA Health Equity Action Plan is fully implemented.
FACILITY and CAPITAL ASSETS
#6: Develop and implement a robust strategy for meeting and managing VHA’s facility and capital-asset needs.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
#7: Modernize VA’s IT systems and infrastructure to improve veterans’ health and well-being and provide the foundation needed to transform VHA’s clinical and business processes.
SUPPLY CHAIN
#8: Transform the management of the supply chain in VHA.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
#9: Establish a board of directors to provide overall VHA Care System governance, set long-term strategy, and direct and oversee the transformation process.
LEADERSHIP
#10: Require leaders at all levels of the organization to champion a focused, clear, benchmarked strategy to transform VHA culture and sustain staff engagement.
#11: Rebuild a system for leadership succession based on a benchmarked health care competency model that is consistently applied to recruitment, development, and advancement within the leadership pipeline.
#12: Transform organizational structures and management processes to ensure adherence to national VHA standards, while also promoting decision making at the lowest level of the organization, eliminating waste and redundancy, promoting innovation, and fostering the spread of best practices.
#13: Streamline and focus organizational performance measurement in VHA using core metrics that are identical to those used in the private sector, and establish a personnel performance management system for health care leaders in VHA that is distinct from performance measurement, is based on the leadership competency model, assesses leadership ability, and measures the achievement of important organizational strategies.
DIVERSITY and CULTURAL COMPETENCE
#14: Foster cultural and military competence among all VHA Care System leadership, providers, and staff to embrace diversity, promote cultural sensitivity, and improve veteran health outcomes.
WORKFORCE
#15: Create a simple-to-administer alternative personnel system, in law and regulation, which governs all VHA employees, applies best practices from the private sector to human capital management, and supports pay and benefits that are competitive with the private sector.
#16: Require VA and VHA executives to lead the transformation of HR, commit funds, and assign expert resources to achieve an effective human capital management system.
ELIGIBILITY
#17: Provide a streamlined path to eligibility for health care for those with an other-than-honorable discharge who have substantial honorable service.
#18: Establish an expert body to develop recommendations for VA care eligibility and benefit design.
FYI this is aduplicate discussion. Just in case you didn't see it last time: COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Maj William W. "Bill" Price Capt Christopher Mueller Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt (Join to see) SGT (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski SGT Forrest Stewart SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Robert Hawks SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright Kim Bolen RN CCM ACM
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