the department of veterans affairs (va) recently eased requirements for documentation of traumatic events in the adjudication of claims for service-connected disability for posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd). this action has widely been interpreted as meaning that the occurrence of an actual traumatic...
screen for, diagnose, and treat current and former service members who have PTSD or who are at risk for it. Right now, DOD's PTSD treatment programs appear to be local, ad hoc, incremental, and crisis-driven, with little planning devoted to the development of a long-range approach...
Denials and Appeals Have Deadlines and Requirements When your initial claim is denied, there are broad benefits to working with a VA disability benefits attorney. We can help you from start to finish, helping you gather medical information for an accurate VA disability rating with a network of ...
Thus, efforts to streamline VA administrative requirements for initiating CCN care would better support Veterans in meeting their needs in this context. This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access. Similar content being viewed by others “It’s Like ...
Further incorporating safety requirements into CMS’s EHR meaningful-use standards, and ONC’s standards and certification criteria. Planning an ONC-led public-private effort to identify priorities, measures and targets for health IT safety, and HHS support for developing technology to mitigat...
Let’s start by looking at some basic eligibility requirements, based on the VA health care eligibility questionnaire: 1. Are any of these statements true? You served in the active military, naval, or air service and were discharged or released with a rating of Honorable or General under Hono...
In an attempt to encourage more productivity, the VA changed a claims processor’s performance criteria between 2010 and 2012. The changes discouraged spending time gathering additional documents that could prove complicated claims, according to written performance requirements for claims processors. ...
The answer lies in the economic and social cost.6,7The VA needs significant increases in its budget to meet the financial requirements of veteran disability payments and the costs of providing necessary medical and mental health services. According to the 2007 U.S. Defense Health Board T...
Memorandum re: suicide risk screening and assessment requirements. 2018. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Jamtvedt G, Young JM, Kristofferson DT, O’Brien, Oxman Ad. Audit and feedback: effects on professional practice and health care outcomes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2006...
Disabled veterans who have VA loan entitlement are eligible for aVA home loan. However, all active-duty military and veteran borrowers have multiple requirements to hit in order tofully qualify for a VA home loan, including meeting the service standards and a lender’s specific credit score minim...