VACAA BULK-LOAD NON-VA PROVIDER INFORMATION    ICR (6230)

Bulk-load non-VA entities and providers to be
identified in VistA when documenting patient care.

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. 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.

This interface is available under a private Integration Agreement for support
of VACAA only, and should not be used under any other circumstances.