Veterans Administration Hospital Case Study

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was founded in 1930, and today, “operates one of the largest health care delivery systems in the nation, with 168 medical centers and more than 1,000 outpatient facilities organized into regional networks” (GAO, 2017). The VA employs nearly 350,000 people at its facilities and serves approximately 9 million veterans each year (VA, 2017).

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One of the most serious problems facing all veterans today is the lack of proper healthcare. Soldiers, sailors and airmen are leaving active duty without having proper healthcare to cover their physical or mental injuries. The department responsible for veteran’s healthcare is the Department of Veterans Affairs. (VA) According to The department of Veterans Affairs website, “The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is responsible for administering programs of veterans’ benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors. The benefits provided include disability compensation, pension, education, home loans, life insurance, vocational rehabilitation, survivors’ benefits, medical benefits and burial benefits. It is administered by the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.” The VA, who was formerly called the Veterans Administration, was established 21 July 1930, to consolidate and coordinate government activities affecting war veterans. The VA encompassed the functions of the former U.S. Veterans ' Bureau, the Bureau of Pensions of the Interior Department and the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. On 25 October 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation creating a new federal Cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs to replace the Veterans Administration effective 15 March 1989 (V.A.)

The Veterans Health Administration is home to the United States’ largest integrated health care system consisting of 150 medical centers, nearly 1,400 community-based outpatient clinics, community living centers, Vet Centers and Domiciliary. Together these health care facilities and the more than 53,000 independent licensed health care practitioners who work within them provide comprehensive care to more than 8.3 million Veterans each year. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of the medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision

VBA administers a wide variety of benefit programs authorized by Congress including Vocational rehabilitation and employment, Education service and GI Bill, Loan guarantee, Service-connected disability compensation, VA pension and fiduciary services, and VA life insurance. The following organizational chart depicts the current structure of the Veterans Benefits Administration. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) serves the Veteran population and is responsible for providing a wide range of medical services by providing inpatient and outpatient care to 5.5 million veterans across the United States and its territories. The VHA operates one of the largest networks of health care facilities in the world. It includes 171 medical centers, 800+ outpatient clinics, 127 nursing homes and 196 Vietnam Veterans Outreach Centers. As well as, domiciliary residences, home health services, adult day care, residential care and respite care programs. In addition, the VHA helps support veterans' health care in non-VA hospitals (Choice Program) and is the country’s largest provider of graduate medical education. The following organizational chart depicts the current structure of the Veterans Health Administration. The National Cemetery Administration (NCA) provides burial space for Veterans and their eligible family members; maintains national cemeteries; marks Veterans’ graves with headstones, markers, and medallions; and administers grants for establishing or expanding state and tribal government Veteran cemeteries. The following organizational chart depicts the current structure of the National Cemetery

One of the most serious problems facing all veterans today is the lack of proper healthcare. Soldiers, sailors and airmen are leaving active duty without having proper healthcare to cover their physical or mental injuries. The department responsible for veteran’s healthcare is the Department of Veterans Affairs. (VA) According to The department of Veterans Affairs website, “The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is responsible for administering programs of veterans’ benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors. The benefits provided include disability compensation, pension, education, home loans, life insurance, vocational

The VA (Veterans Affair) Health Care System is one of the largest, most advanced health care networks in the U.S. The VA Health Care System is the provider for veterans, retirees and their dependents and manages all their health care. The VA Health Care is actually one part of the Department of Veterans Affairs. There is also VA Benefits Administration which has to do with compensations and pensions. Then the other part of the VA is the National Cemetery Administration which is in charge of the cemeteries and providing burial and memorial benefits. All these parts make up the Department of Veterans Affairs. (VA History)

The Veteran’s Administration’s is an agency created to offer services to veterans and their families. The Administration’s primary function is to stop veteran homelessness

Nonprofit organizations have become the interest of many financial investigations over the last twenty years. One firm that found themselves on the wrong end of media scrutiny is Helping Hospitalized Veterans also known as HHV. Helping Hospitalized Veteran’s mission is to help veterans who have been hospitalized rehab from their injuries quicker. This mission is accomplished by making craft kits for veterans to enjoy and take their minds off their current situation. The mission helps recovering veterans in two ways, first the actual act of using impacted muscle groups to make the specialized crafts help aid with manual dexterity. Also Veterans have their minds stimulated while working on the various crafts provided by HHV.

This article studies the Casey Comprehensive Care Center for Veterans, a fictitious organization within the real U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Nonprofit organizations became eligible for the Baldrige Award in 2006. The use of Baldrige criteria in the fictitious organization provides aide to handling the challenges of increasing complexity of benefits and healthcare management, being an integrated system within a complex government agency, local economic conditions, and its remote location. The creation of fictitious organizations that follow the Baldrige criteria can create a sample application for organizations interested in applying for a Baldrige Award.

In the interest of improving services to Veterans, VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS) is now offering text message reminders for appointments. Currently, VASDHS sends reminders for appointments in some locations that provide mental health, along with various clinics such as Traumatic Brain Injury, Neurology and Gastroenterology.

The former approved “Scope of Work” and “Current Construction Bid” documentation, Dated May 10, 2013, includes attachments provisions for the relocation of conduit and associated wiring of the existing Aquatic Services electrical transformer. The relocation of conduit and associated wiring is noted on sheets EDS 1.1.1 and ES 1.1.1.

Sources of potential participants can be sourced from internal and external to the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Possible internal VHA sources of participants could be from one or multiple Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN), and from VHA Hospitals, Medical Centers, Outpatient Clinics, Community Based Outpatient Clinics, and the VA Healthcare System; and also through the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) regional offices. External sources of participants can include Veterans, Private Hospitals, Medical Centers, Clinics and other non-VA Healthcare

Mrs. Harlen must first go to a Military Treatment Facility (MTF) near home to be seen by their physician to get a referral to see a psychologist. Then a referral will be written to be seen by a psychologist. For some reason, that they do not offer that service at that facility a health care finder (HCF) and the caring physician will work together to refer her to a psychologist that accept TRICARE Standard. If she recieve's outpatient care she will have to meet her deductible of $300 dollars for she is one of three dependents on the insurance. After the treatment exceeds the deductible she will be responsible for 20% of any other occurring bill.

Thank you for showing interest in working with the 48th Combat Support Hospital (CSH). Unfortunately, the 48th CSH transitions to a new hospital structure within a year. Consequently the MTOE for the transition does not have a 25A position within the hospital or its down trace. Moreover the goal is not to fill positions under the CSH Structure that are not under the new structure. When looking at the timeline for completing our transition, you would only have a valid position for a few months, at which point you would be looking for another valid position. I wish you the best in finding a valid position that you can occupy on a more long term basis.