| DESCRIPTION OF ENHANCEMENTS |
This patch will upload "new" providers for a site into the New Person
The law creates a new paradigm for providing health care, set forth in the
Veterans Choice program provisions within Title I Section 101 of VACAA. VA
is utilizing a Contractor to provide health care and third party
administrative (TPA) services set forth through VACAA Section 101.
As a result of this law, VA must upload a list of non-VA medical care
providers into the VistA system in order to maintain an accurate and
updated list of non-VA providers in the Choice program. Refer to the
Non-VA Care Provider SharePoint site for further information:
https://vaww.dwh.cdw.portal.domain.ext/sites/Non-VA%20Care%20PC3%20and%20Choic
(#200) file. A "new" provider is defined as a provider whose National
e/SitePages/Home.aspx.
CA-SDM Ticket: I12935021FY17
NOTE: The providers loaded by this patch are not eligible to be selected
as ordering providers in CPRS. Use is restricted to the option "PSO LM
BACKDOOR ORDERS" ("Patient Prescription Processing").
Provider Identifier (NPI) is not on file yet at a site.
On August 7, 2014, the President signed into law PL 113-146, the Veterans
Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (VACAA). The law offers an
additional authority for VHA to expand current capacity and ensure that
Veterans have timely access to high-quality care.
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