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A Salute to Those Who Have Kept America Safe
For nearly 250 years, our courageous and selfless veterans have stood up for the nation’s defense, protecting their countrymen and America’s founding ideals at great personal cost.
VHA Shark Tank Competition Generates Innovative Health Care Solutions
Improving response to sepsis, reducing emergency department (ED) visits, standardizing communication in the operating room (OR) and streamlining patient alerts were among the winners of the 2023 VHA Shark Tank Competition at last week’s annual VHA Innovation Experience in Washington, DC.
AHA urges VA to issue proposed rule on claims audit and appeals processes
AHA Oct. 4 urged the Department of Veterans Affairs to issue proposed rulemaking for its audit and appeals processes under the Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 in order to allow for public input and formalize clear standards and expectations.
AHA Expresses Concerns with Veterans Affairs’ Third-party Audit and Appeals Process
AHA members have expressed significant concerns about Cotiviti’s audit and appeals process, including its inadequate appeals procedures, the scope of audits being performed and the untenable timelines that are being executed. Therefore, we urge the VA to issue proposed rulemaking not only to allow for public input but also to formalize clear standards and expectations governing the audit and appeals processes.
VA announces free online suicide prevention training for community providers
The Veterans Health Administration is offering free online training to help community health care providers feel confident and comfortable talking with veterans at risk for suicide about secure storage of firearms and other lethal means, which can help save lives.
VA leader: Access to care, workforce among our shared challenges
The Veterans Affairs health care system shares many challenges with its non-federal counterparts, and workforce recruitment and access to care are at the top of that list, VA Under Secretary for Health Shereef Elnahal, M.D., told AHA annual meeting attendees during a conversation with AHA Chair-elect Joanne Conroy, M.D., president and CEO of Dartmouth Health.
Innovative Appointment
David Shulkin, the former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs secretary, will become chief innovation officer and a strategic advisor at Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, S.D. He will focus on research and Sanford's Imagentics, Chip, Profile and World Clinic.
AHA, Musicians on Call bring healing power of music to VA patients
AHA has partnered with Musicians On Call, a nonprofit that brings live and recorded music to patients, to bring hospitalized veterans in all Veterans Affairs facilities the healing power of music this Veterans Day, Nov. 11, and all month long starting Monday. The virtual Concert For Veterans Presented by Wrangler, hosted by Jamie O’Neal, will feature performances and words of gratitude from over 30 artists.
A Budding Opportunity to Advance Health Care Innovation for Veterans
In an effort to advance ideation and expand collaboration to improve health care, the Veterans Health Administration Innovation Ecosystem Innovators’ network (iNET) has launched the Greenhouse initiative. Health care innovators outside the VA now will be able to collaborate directly with iNET sites across the country to connect with a pool of engaged and equipped front-line health care professionals, millions of end users and more to design future health care solutions.
Biden nominates McDonough as VA secretary
President-elect Joe Biden nominated former White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough as Secretary of Veterans Affairs. McDonough also previously served the Obama administration as deputy national security advisor.