Hoeven: Veterans Care Coordination Initiative Will Help Veterans Access Health Care Closer to Home

Statement

At a North Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs conference today, Senator John Hoeven outlined a new pilot program he pressed to implement called the Veterans Care Coordination initiative. Effective October 4, veterans seeking care through the Veterans Choice Program are now able to coordinate all of their health care needs through the Fargo Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center rather than Health Net, a third party contractor headquartered in California.

"The whole idea of the Veterans Choice Act was to ensure our veterans were receiving timely access to health-care services by allowing them to secure care locally," Hoeven said. "Our new pilot program will now reduce bureaucratic delays and confusion in scheduling appointments and make it easier for veterans to receive timely care. Similarly, legislation I introduced and am working to pass in the Senate will enable veterans who need long-term care to access those services nearer to home and loved ones."

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