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Veterans need to plan ahead for a day they may need to use or want to use VA health care and other VA benefits. Those reasons include: Medicare and Tri-care for Life may change; the vet may need mental health care that may not be covered by their existing insurance; the Vet will retire and some may lose their job, which will end any private health insurance they have; they may not be able to afford Medicare, Medicare supplemental insurance, or other health insurance; and the closest major medical services may be a VA Medical Center or one of its clinics.
However, there is another important reason for applying for VA health care and that is the VA Medical Centers are funded based on numbers of Veterans enrolled and the complexity and frequency of their care needs. The VA’s Solutions Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) is a funding model that provides 90 percent of the operating funds to each VA Medical Center (VAMC). VERA funding is based on numbers of veterans enrolled and the complexity and frequency of their care needs.
Every patient that is seen at a VAMC is assigned to a patient classification based on the type and amount of care received. If veterans do not apply for their hard-earned VA health care and do not contact by phone, zoom, or in person their primary care physician, patients can fall below the optimal category or even fall completely out of the funding model, resulting in a significant negative financial impact to the VAMC.
However, there is another important reason for applying for VA health care and that is the VA Medical Centers are funded based on numbers of Veterans enrolled and the complexity and frequency of their care needs. The VA’s Solutions Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) is a funding model that provides 90 percent of the operating funds to each VA Medical Center (VAMC). VERA funding is based on numbers of veterans enrolled and the complexity and frequency of their care needs.
Every patient that is seen at a VAMC is assigned to a patient classification based on the type and amount of care received. If veterans do not apply for their hard-earned VA health care and do not contact by phone, zoom, or in person their primary care physician, patients can fall below the optimal category or even fall completely out of the funding model, resulting in a significant negative financial impact to the VAMC.
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