President's Task Force To Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans
Creates Task Force to Improve Veterans' Health Care Delivery
What it does
Federal departments must support a presidential task force that will identify ways to better coordinate Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense health care and report its findings.
Real-world impact
- Aims to improve health care coordination for veterans and eligible retirees.
- May change sharing of buildings, technology, and purchasing between departments.
- Requires interim report in nine months and a final report within two years.
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Summary
This order creates a 15-member President's Task Force to improve health care delivery for veterans. The Task Force will identify ways to better coordinate benefits and services between the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense, review barriers like budgeting, billing, and information systems, and seek better use of shared resources such as buildings and technology.
The Task Force affects veterans, military retirees eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits, veteran service organizations, and the departments that run and fund veteran health care; it must report interim findings in nine months and a final report within two years.
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