Sec. 105. PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE ADMINISTRATION OF CARE UNDER VETERANS COMMUNITY CARE PROGRAM
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## SEC. 105 PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE ADMINISTRATION OF CARE UNDER VETERANS COMMUNITY CARE PROGRAM **[**[38 U.S.C. 1703 note](/us/usc/t38/s1703)**]** ###
(a)Establishment Pursuant to section 1703E of title 38, United States Code, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, acting through the Center for Innovation for Care and Payment established under such section, shall carry out a pilot program to seek to develop and implement a plan— ####
(1)to provide monetary and non-monetary incentives to a covered health care provider— #####
(A)to allow the Secretary to see the scheduling system of the provider, to assess the availability of, and to assist in scheduling appointments for, veterans under the Veterans Community Care Program under section 1703 of such title, including through synchronous, asynchronous, and asynchronous assisted digital scheduling; #####
(B)to complete continuing professional educational training available through the VHA TRAIN program (or any successor program or initiative) regarding veteran cultural competency, the opioid safety initiative (or any successor program or initiative), and other subjects determined appropriate by the Secretary; #####
(C)to improve methods of accounting for non-Department training that is equivalent or substantially similar to the continuing professional educational training described in subparagraph (B); #####
(D)to improve the rate of the timely return to the Secretary of medical record documentation for care or services provided under the Veterans Community Care Program; #####
(E)to improve the timeliness and quality of the delivery of care and services to veterans under such program; and #####
(F)to achieve other objectives determined appropriate by the Secretary; and ####
(2)to decrease the rate of no-show appointments under such program. ###
(b)Report Not later than one year after the date of the establishment of the pilot program under this section, and annually thereafter during the term of the pilot program, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the pilot program that includes, with respect to the period covered by the report— ####
(1)an assessment of the extent to which— #####
(A)the system of the Department of Veterans Affairs for scheduling appointments for veterans under the Veterans Community Care Program has improved; #####
(B)the rate of timely return to the Secretary of medical record documentation described in subparagraph
(D)of subsection (a)(1) has improved; #####
(C)the timeliness and quality of the delivery of care and services described in subparagraph
(E)of such subsection has improved; and #####
(D)the frequency of no-show appointments described in paragraph
(2)of such subsection decreased; ####
(2)a list of the continuing professional educational training courses under subparagraph
(B)of such subsection available to covered health care providers; ####
(3)the rate of participation in such continuing professional education training courses; and ####
(4)any other matter the Secretary determines appropriate. ###
(c)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)The term “covered health care provider” means a health care provider— #####
(A)described in subsection
(c)of section 1703 of title 38, United States Code, that furnishes care or services under the Veterans Community Care Program pursuant to a contract or agreement with a Third Party Administrator; or #####
(B)that otherwise furnishes care or services outside of Department facilities pursuant to a contract or agreement with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. ####
(2)The term “opioid safety initiative” means the programs, processes, and guidelines of the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs relating to the management of opioid therapy and chronic pain. ####
(3)The term “Third Party Administrator” means an entity that manages a network of health care providers and performs administrative services related to such network under section 1703 of such title. ####
(4)The term “VHA TRAIN program” means the free program of the Veterans Health Administration that offers veteran-specific continuing medical education courses.
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