Alaska: Joint Venture Review

2010 VA/DoD Joint Venture Conference

Col Jeff Jones, 673d MDGMr. Vic Rosenbaum, Alaska VA

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New Initiatives – Projects Closed

IDENTIFY ALL NEW INITIATIVES OVER THE PAST YEAR:

  1. Opened new VA Clinic

2. 2nd MRI JIF

3. Pain Management JIF

4. Central Sterile Processing for new VA Clinic provided in JV Hospital

5. Medical supplies procured & received in JV Hospital and delivered to new VA Clinic

IDENTIFY ANY PROJECTS OR EFFORTS THAT WERE CLOSED OR FAILED IN THE LAST YEAR:

1. Physical Therapy transition to new VA Clinic

 

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Joint Venture Performance Measures PMs USED TO TRACK JV SUCCESS:

1. VA total admissions in JV hospital

2. VA surgeries in JV hospital

3. VA specialty/outpatient & ER visits in JV hospital

4. Disability Evaluation System

5. Competency, Currency & Cultural

DATA SOURCES USED FOR THE PMs: 1. CHCS

2. OR Magic (soon to be Essentris)

OUTCOMES FOR EACH PM LISTED:

1. VA total admissions 662 / FY 09 711 / FY 10 7% increase 2. VA same day surgeries 167 / FY 09 245 / FY 10 47% increase 3. VA inpatient surgeries 183 / FY 09 249 / FY 10 36% increase 4. VA specialty/outpatient 4,260 / FY 09 4,552 / FY 10 7% increase 5. VA ER visits 3,061 / FY 09 3,242 / FY 10 6% increase 6. Cost avoidance for VA 7. Clinical competency & currency for DoD readiness platform

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Access to Military Installation Procedures

REQUIRED ACCESS PROCESS and POLICIES FOR VA BENEFICIARIES and/or EMPLOYEES

TYPE OF VISITOR ID BADGE*

PRIOR COORDINATION VA APPOINTMENT

DOCUMENTATION / VERIFICATIONVISITOR CENTER

VA EMPLOYEE Base or DoD X X X

VA PATIENT DVA X

VA PATIENT ESCORT Base or DoD X X Yes-InitiallyNo-Recurring

VA PATIENT VISITOR State or DoD

X X

* Enter Type of ID Required: ( DoD, DVA, GOVT, State, Post or Base)

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Access to Care and Referral Management

ISSUES RELATED TO ACCESS TO CARE & REFERRAL MANAGEMENT:

  1. VA and 673d offer excess capacity to each other when available.

2. Referrals coordinated between VA Integrated Care Service (ICS) and 673d Referral Management Center (RMC)

3. VA has patient services assistant (PSA) imbedded in JV hospital to coordinate VA referrals

4. VA patients are registered/scheduled in CHCS. VA patients also authorized and tracked in VA computer system

5. Clinic notes, operative reports and other medical documentation regarding visit will be sent to VA

RESOLUTIONS TO ISSUES RELATED TO ACCESS TO CARE & REFERRAL MANAGEMENT:

1. VA will evaluate its requests for service to make sure they are appropriate to send to JV hospital

2. VA will ensure identified VA patients are appropriately evaluated and medically cleared before referring

3. The 673d RMC will make sure VA patient can be scheduled within appropriate access standards

4. If VA patient cannot be seen by JV hospital for some reason, VA ICS will be notified within 72 hours

5. If follow up care is required, the 673d will schedule the appointment and notify VA prior to the visit

6. Exploring the possibility of a Joint Referral Management Office 

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Future Initiatives and/or Proposals

NEAR TERM (1-2 YEARS) INITIATIVES:

  1. GI surgeries done at VA Clinic by AF providers

2. Parallel IT network

3. Emergency Preparedness

LONG TERM (>2 YEARS) GOALS / INITIATIVES / STRATEGIES:

1. Inpatient Mental Health

2. Non-Invasive Cardiology

3. Oncology

 

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• Duplicate Requirements

• Agency Directives impact on Joint Ventures

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Additional Information as Desired