A Veteran may be able to:. VA will send the Veteran and the selected community provider a referral. VA will also send the Veteran's medical documentation to the community provider to ensure proper care coordination between their VA care team and the community provider.
When a Veteran arrives for the appointment, the community provider should have the appointment, VA referral, and medical documentation on file. If a Veteran needs a follow-up appointment, the community provider should check to make sure VA has authorized additional care before scheduling the appointment.
Prior to undergoing surgery at a community provider facility, Veterans and their family members may access information about the surgeon performing the surgery.
If prescription medication is needed, the prescription should usually be sent to and filled by the nearest VA pharmacy. Veterans can receive short-term prescription medication for a day or fewer supply that can be filled at a non-VA pharmacy. A prescription for more than a day supply must be filled by VA. Veterans can report concerns about the quality or safety of services received during a community care visit or other issues related to community care services through the Patient Advocate at the nearest VA medical center.
The fact sheet below has more information about the process for reporting a quality or safety concern with community care. VA Medical Center Directory.
After receiving care from a community provider, Veterans may have to pay a copayment for nonservice-connected care, just as the Veteran would if care was received at a VA medical facility. For urgent care, copayments depend on the Veteran's assigned priority group and the number of times the Veteran visits an urgent care provider in a calendar year.
Community providers cannot bill or collect a VA copayment directly from Veterans, including for urgent care. VA may also bill insurance companies for care that is nonservice-connected. More information about VA Veteran copayments and health insurance is available in the links below:. Specially trained call center staff work one-on-one with Veterans to research and resolve collection-specific issues.
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The Community Health Status Indicators Report was designed not only for public health professionals but also for members of the community who are interested in the health of their community. It provides tools for program planning and evaluation. Included on this site is a detailed list of resources related to community health indicators. County Health Rankings ranks the health of nearly every county in the nation, and helps us see how where we live, learn, work, and play influences how healthy we are and how long we live.
The health of a community depends on many different factors — ranging from individual health behaviors, education and jobs, to quality of health care, to the environment, therefore we all have a stake in creating a healthier community. Chronic Disease Indicators is a set of 97 cross-cutting, important, uniform, and available indicators developed by consensus and drawn from many data sources. DATA is an interactive database system that contains monitoring data for the Healthy People objectives, including statistical tables from eighteen focus areas with state level data.
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Evaluating coalition efforts , by Tom Wolff and Vincent Francisco, explores issues to consider before undertaking an evaluation, criteria for a successful evaluation, questions you may wish to consider through evaluation, and how you can answer those questions. Good Health Counts: Measurement and Evaluation for Health Equity describes how community health indicators can be used in community assessments to improve health and safety outcomes and reduce inequities.
Google Dataset Search is a search engine tool that is useful in discovery of datasets. Global Directory to Indicator Initiatives is a worldwide directory of who is doing what in the field of sustainability indicators. Health Canada provides a look at studies on social capital from Health Canada, showing how community-level indicators have been used in various studies to both define and measure the concept. Health Indicators Warehouse HIW provides a single, user-friendly, source for national, state, and community health indicators, facilitates harmonization of indicators across initiatives, and links indicators with evidence-based interventions.
Some of the resources offered from NNIP include A Community Indicators Report which offers Selected Stories from the Community Indicators Conference; Community Indicators of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Risk reports contain information on several key indicators of alcohol and drug prevalence and consequences for California populations for , , and ; the State Indicator Report on Physical Activity which provides information on physical activity behavior and policy and environmental supports within each state; and San Diego County's Report Card on Child and Family Health and Well Being includes, starting on p.
Sustainable Measures provides a searchable database of indicators by broad topics health, housing and keywords AIDS, access to care, birth weight, etc. The United States Prosperity Index is from the Legatum Institute is a comprehensive set of indicators designed to help organizations and leaders set agendas for growth and development. Census Bureau provides a wealth of national, state, and local demographic data. Department of Health and Human Services is the principal agency for protecting the health of U.
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National Institute of Mental Health provides statistics and educational information for the public as well as information for researchers. Berkowitz, W. Community impact: creating grassroots change in hard times. Cox, F. Tactics and techniques of community practice. Itasca, IL: F. Peacock Publishers, Inc. Fawcett, S. Work group evaluation handbook: evaluating and supporting community initiatives for health and development.
Fetterman, D. Empowerment evaluation: knowledge and tools for self-assessment and accountability. Pietrzak, J. Practical program evaluation: examples from child abuse prevention. Rutman, L. Evaluation research methods: a basic guide. Skip to main content. Toggle navigation Navigation. Chapter
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