Replies part II: Dealing with the VA for orthotic care, and important links
Kevin Matthews
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Replies part II: Dealing with the VA for orthotic care, and important links
Creator:
Kevin Matthews
Date:
6/4/2012
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There are many people doing good things on our behalf. Followin
There are many people doing good things on our behalf. Following are a couple very informative and important links. Please join the effort and follow progress. This affects all our futures.
<URL Redacted>
A link to a page at NAAOP website to view more details about the VA Bill of rights and how to TAKE ACTION now: <URL Redacted>
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>I work at a different VA, and we know many have the same rules but are run differently.The way we do it is that each patient must be seen by a VA physician to write a consult/script for the device, and then the prosthetics dept gives them their choices of location. We try hard to make sure they are seen at the most convenient location for them. If your VA is having low productivity, the practitioners may be trying to keep patients in-house to show more productivity, but they should never HAVE to come to the VA as long as they've already received their prescription.Our VA is very focused on putting patients absolutely first, and I wish all of them were the same. This sounds fishy and there is no reason that I am personally aware of that these patients can't be seen at your clinic anymore, judging only from the few facts that we have here.I hope communications open up and your patients realize their rights to continue seeing whomever is most
convenient for them, which in many cases is an outside vendor.Good Luck!
There are many people doing good things on our behalf. Following are a couple very informative and important links. Please join the effort and follow progress. This affects all our futures.
<URL Redacted>
A link to a page at NAAOP website to view more details about the VA Bill of rights and how to TAKE ACTION now: <URL Redacted>
More replies:
>
>I work at a different VA, and we know many have the same rules but are run differently.The way we do it is that each patient must be seen by a VA physician to write a consult/script for the device, and then the prosthetics dept gives them their choices of location. We try hard to make sure they are seen at the most convenient location for them. If your VA is having low productivity, the practitioners may be trying to keep patients in-house to show more productivity, but they should never HAVE to come to the VA as long as they've already received their prescription.Our VA is very focused on putting patients absolutely first, and I wish all of them were the same. This sounds fishy and there is no reason that I am personally aware of that these patients can't be seen at your clinic anymore, judging only from the few facts that we have here.I hope communications open up and your patients realize their rights to continue seeing whomever is most
convenient for them, which in many cases is an outside vendor.Good Luck!
Citation
Kevin Matthews, “Replies part II: Dealing with the VA for orthotic care, and important links,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 24, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/233761.
