- DVBCATC1 ;ALB ISC/THM-TEXT FOR A&A/HOUSEBOUND EXAM ; 5/17/91 9:18 AM
- ;;2.7;AMIE;;Apr 10, 1995
- ;
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- TXT10 ;;A veteran who is in receipt of the highest level of basic
- ;; special monthly compensation for multiple service-connected
- ;; disabilitites causing need for regular aid and attendance may
- ;; be entitled to a higher rate if, because of the service-connected
- ;; conditions, the veteran requires the daily health-care services
- ;; of a skilled provider, without which he/she would require hospital,
- ;; nursing home, or other institutional care. These services may be
- ;; provided by a family member or other individual under the
- ;; supervision of a physician or other health-care professional.
- ;;
- ;; Personal health-care services include, but are not limited to,
- ;; physical therapy, administration of injections, placement of
- ;; indwelling catheters, and the changing of sterile dressings, or
- ;; like functions which require professional health-care training
- ;; or the regular supervision of a trained health-care professional
- ;; to perform. A licensed health-care professional includes, but
- ;; is not limited to, a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, a
- ;; registered nurse, a licensed practical nurse, or a licensed
- ;; physical therapist. Only a VA physician may certify the need
- ;; for higher level of care.
- ;;
- ;; Special note: Veterans with potential entitlement to higher
- ;; level of aid and attendance are commonly unable to travel except
- ;; by ambulance. Before calling a veteran in for examination, a
- ;; physician should review treatment records, if available, and
- ;; determine whether need can be determined by record review and
- ;; telephone contact with the veteran and/or the skilled provider.
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;A. Indicate if the veteran requires the daily health-care services of a
- ;;skilled provider, without which the veteran would require hospital, nursing
- ;;home, or other institutional care, specifying the services required (if
- ;;the veteran does not require daily health-care services of a skilled
- ;;provider, state "daily services not required" and go to the end of the
- ;;exam):
- ;;|TOP|
- ;;B. Indicate if the veteran is actually receiving the required daily
- ;;skilled services and if they are being provided by a licensed health-care
- ;;professional:
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;
- ;; 1. If not by a health-care professional, indicate who is providing
- ;;the daily skilled services and idendify the health-care professional under
- ;;whose supervision the services are being provided -
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;
- ;;
- ;; 2. Note how often and under what conditions the non-professional
- ;;provider is supervised by a health-care professional (Example: weekly
- ;;visit by home health-care nurse, monthly visit and weekly telephone
- ;;contact by family physician) -
- ;;END
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- +2 ;
- TXT10 ;;A veteran who is in receipt of the highest level of basic
- +1 ;; special monthly compensation for multiple service-connected
- +2 ;; disabilitites causing need for regular aid and attendance may
- +3 ;; be entitled to a higher rate if, because of the service-connected
- +4 ;; conditions, the veteran requires the daily health-care services
- +5 ;; of a skilled provider, without which he/she would require hospital,
- +6 ;; nursing home, or other institutional care. These services may be
- +7 ;; provided by a family member or other individual under the
- +8 ;; supervision of a physician or other health-care professional.
- +9 ;;
- +10 ;; Personal health-care services include, but are not limited to,
- +11 ;; physical therapy, administration of injections, placement of
- +12 ;; indwelling catheters, and the changing of sterile dressings, or
- +13 ;; like functions which require professional health-care training
- +14 ;; or the regular supervision of a trained health-care professional
- +15 ;; to perform. A licensed health-care professional includes, but
- +16 ;; is not limited to, a doctor of medicine or osteopathy, a
- +17 ;; registered nurse, a licensed practical nurse, or a licensed
- +18 ;; physical therapist. Only a VA physician may certify the need
- +19 ;; for higher level of care.
- +20 ;;
- +21 ;; Special note: Veterans with potential entitlement to higher
- +22 ;; level of aid and attendance are commonly unable to travel except
- +23 ;; by ambulance. Before calling a veteran in for examination, a
- +24 ;; physician should review treatment records, if available, and
- +25 ;; determine whether need can be determined by record review and
- +26 ;; telephone contact with the veteran and/or the skilled provider.
- +27 ;;
- +28 ;;
- +29 ;;A. Indicate if the veteran requires the daily health-care services of a
- +30 ;;skilled provider, without which the veteran would require hospital, nursing
- +31 ;;home, or other institutional care, specifying the services required (if
- +32 ;;the veteran does not require daily health-care services of a skilled
- +33 ;;provider, state "daily services not required" and go to the end of the
- +34 ;;exam):
- +35 ;;|TOP|
- +36 ;;B. Indicate if the veteran is actually receiving the required daily
- +37 ;;skilled services and if they are being provided by a licensed health-care
- +38 ;;professional:
- +39 ;;
- +40 ;;
- +41 ;;
- +42 ;;
- +43 ;;
- +44 ;;
- +45 ;;
- +46 ;;
- +47 ;;
- +48 ;; 1. If not by a health-care professional, indicate who is providing
- +49 ;;the daily skilled services and idendify the health-care professional under
- +50 ;;whose supervision the services are being provided -
- +51 ;;
- +52 ;;
- +53 ;;
- +54 ;;
- +55 ;;
- +56 ;;
- +57 ;;
- +58 ;;
- +59 ;;
- +60 ;;
- +61 ;; 2. Note how often and under what conditions the non-professional
- +62 ;;provider is supervised by a health-care professional (Example: weekly
- +63 ;;visit by home health-care nurse, monthly visit and weekly telephone
- +64 ;;contact by family physician) -
- +65 ;;END