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NW Vermont.

Myhealthevet site worries today

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Laura

  What the heck is going on?  After logging in, clicking on almost every tab results in this warning. Clicking on the yellow triangle gives more information about the encryption and that the site has secure and insecure content.  It … Continue reading →

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ALS, a presumptive service-connected disability

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Laura

Final Rule.9/23/08. Presumption of Service Connection for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis  page 54691 Col. 3.   “The cause of ALS is unknown, but these studies indicate that there exists a statistical correlation between activities in military service and development of ALS.”  Service connection is … Continue reading →

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Deadline for Veterans’ Choice Card and Call Center Looming

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Laura

The Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014, (signed into law Aug 7, 2014 as Pub.L. 113-146.) may not meet important tasks in time. (see govtrak for bill details). The VA has no later than 90 days to issue the Veterans’ … Continue reading →

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DAV’s excellent report out–Women Veterans: The Long Journey Home

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Laura

Some of the topics, as they relate to post 9/11 female vets, include the following:  wounded in action, limb loss and amputation, traumatic brain injury, mental health, suicide, VA health care system, VA Mental Health Care, legal problems, military sexual … Continue reading →

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MN VAMC: Walgreen-VA flu shots- Shhhh, it’s a secret

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Laura

The VA flyer for the  Minneapolis 3-day Flu Clinics (late Oct.) arrived today but is silent about the Walgreens option.  Not exactly in the “partnership” frame of mind yet, I guess. The Minn. VAMC is about 35 miles away so … Continue reading →

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How long should you wait for a PCP appointment at the VA or non-VA care provider?

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Laura

Secretary McDonald said this in a recent speech to the DAV: We are making good progress in getting Veterans off wait lists and fixing scheduling problems.  We have reached out to over 240,000 Veterans to get them off wait lists … Continue reading →

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VA’s new Patient-Centered Community Care program (PCCC)

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Laura

Are the days of VA secret-appointment lists over with the new private-VA health-care partnerships? Will vets really get access to primary care providers close to home eliminating long wait times? A VA press release (8/13/14) announced contracts with Healthnet and Tri-West … Continue reading →

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Revisiting an ASKNOD post on Fully Developed Claims (FDCs) on another site

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Laura

Every so often, I find posts by NOD on other websites with information and warnings.   I came across NOD’s response to a post–2-years ago– about FDCs on the site DoDLive.   The BVA employee offered cheery advice to vets. (One … Continue reading →

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VA’s Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) delivered by Humana and other HMOs

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Laura

Many (202 YR 2009) of the VA’s CBOCs are not staffed by VA employees but are employees of Healthcare Management Organization (HMO) type providers under contract with the VA.   This may be more desirable in terms of efficiency and … Continue reading →

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News: VA-Walgreens Flu shot partnership

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Laura

 Oct. 6 VA Press Release: Veterans, you may be able to get your flu shots from Walgreens pharmacists nationwide this year.  I just called a local Walgreens to see if they were participating and they are!  However, they might run out … Continue reading →

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