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VA Healthcare Network Upstate New York - VISN 2
Co-Managed Care Letter
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An Important Message For Veterans -
On Patient Care and Safety
VA’s comprehensive health care program requires your VA provider to establish and continually review your
treatment plan to insure you are receiving the best and most effective care. Your treatment plan includes
medications, treatments, and diagnostic tests. If you are a veteran who is receiving care from both a VA
provider and a private community provider it is important for your health and safety that your care from both
your providers be coordinated, resulting in one treatment plan. This means your VA and private community
providers communicate about your health status, medications, treatments, and diagnostic tests.
In order for your VA provider and your private community provider to communicate about your care, we need
for you to provide your VA provider copies of the following information from your private community provider’s
office.
- The name, address and phone number of your community provider
- Prescription(s)
- Office visit notes supporting the prescription(s)
- Blood work results
- Other test results supporting the prescription(s)
You will also need to provide information on any insurance coverage you may have.
You may either bring these copies with you to your next scheduled VA medical appointment or have
your private community provider fax this information to your VA provider.
In the course of your care, you may have recommendations for medications, treatments, and diagnostic tests
from your private community provider that you wish to have accomplished through VA. Please understand that
it is the responsibility of your VA provider to use their own clinical judgment to decide what medical treatment
and tests are appropriate, effective, and necessary. ONLY then are medications, tests and treatments ordered
by your VA provider.
VA medications are listed on the VA Drug List (Formulary), which covers a broad range of generic and brand
name medications. The list can be found at www.va.gov/visns/visn02/formulary/formulary.asp. VA providers will choose
the appropriate medication for you; however, it may not necessarily be a brand name drug. If VA medications
require periodic blood work (monitoring), this will need to be done at a VA.
For your convenience we have Provider Prescription Check List for you to give to your private community
providers and a wallet size Prescription Check List for you to assist both you and your private community
provider with the information needed by your VA provider. Please ask your VA health care team for your Check
Lists today.
Thank you for choosing VA health care. We look forward to caring for you.
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| Reviewed/Updated Date: December 12, 2007 |
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