{"id":3962,"date":"2019-09-03T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wyden-crapo-merkley-risch-call-on-triwest-to-ensure-urgent-care-access-for-veterans-in-rural-communities-2019\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:28","slug":"wyden-crapo-merkley-risch-call-on-triwest-to-ensure-urgent-care-access-for-veterans-in-rural-communities-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-crapo-merkley-risch-call-on-triwest-to-ensure-urgent-care-access-for-veterans-in-rural-communities-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden, Crapo, Merkley y Risch hacen un llamado a TriWest para garantizar el acceso a la atenci\u00f3n de urgencia para los veteranos en las comunidades rurales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>Washington DC<\/i><\/b>&nbsp;\u2013 Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., y Jim Risch, R-Idaho, hoy&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/TriWest%20Letter.pdf\">presionado<\/a>&nbsp;TriWest Healthcare Alliance sobre su implementaci\u00f3n del nuevo beneficio de atenci\u00f3n de urgencia bajo la Ley MISSION de VA luego de informes de que los veteranos en las zonas rurales de Oreg\u00f3n e Idaho no pueden acceder al beneficio.<\/p>\n<p>Los senadores en una carta al presidente y director ejecutivo de TriWest, David J. McIntyre, Jr., se\u00f1alaron que los veteranos de las comunidades rurales de su estado han mencionado la falta de una red de atenci\u00f3n de urgencia en su \u00e1rea, as\u00ed como barreras adicionales a la informaci\u00f3n sobre sus opciones a trav\u00e9s de la herramienta de localizaci\u00f3n de TriWest.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>&quot;Desafortunadamente, hemos escuchado de veteranos que no pueden usar este nuevo beneficio de atenci\u00f3n de urgencia debido a la falta de una red de atenci\u00f3n de urgencia en su \u00e1rea&quot;.&nbsp;<\/b>escribieron los senadores.<b>&nbsp;\u201cVeteranos en&nbsp;<a href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/9\">Roseburgo<\/a>, Oreg\u00f3n no tiene cl\u00ednicas de atenci\u00f3n de urgencia dentro de la red en un radio de 20 millas, y los veteranos en John Day, Oreg\u00f3n, una comunidad clasificada como &quot;frontera&quot; por la Oficina de Salud Rural de Oreg\u00f3n, tendr\u00edan que viajar 74 millas para acceder a la atenci\u00f3n de urgencia. Pocatello, Idaho, con una poblaci\u00f3n de aproximadamente 55 000 habitantes, no tiene cl\u00ednicas de atenci\u00f3n de urgencia dentro de la red en un radio de 20 millas, y Lewiston, Idaho, que tiene una poblaci\u00f3n de aproximadamente 33 000 habitantes, no tiene cl\u00ednicas dentro de la red en un radio de 50 millas.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cLos veteranos tambi\u00e9n nos dicen que la herramienta de localizaci\u00f3n de TriWest exacerba estos problemas de distancia al basar las ubicaciones en la distancia geogr\u00e1fica directa en lugar de la distancia de conducci\u00f3n real. Como resultado, algunos de nuestros veteranos est\u00e1n descubriendo que las cl\u00ednicas est\u00e1n a\u00fan m\u00e1s lejos de lo que aparecen en la herramienta\u201d.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Los senadores solicitaron que TriWest<b>&nbsp;<\/b>proporcionar respuestas a las siguientes preguntas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00bfCu\u00e1les son las barreras que impiden que TriWest desarrolle su red de atenci\u00f3n de urgencia antes de la fecha l\u00edmite original del 15 de julio de 2019, citada anteriormente en el sitio web de TriWest?<\/li>\n<li>\u00bfQu\u00e9 m\u00e9tricas utiliza TriWest para determinar cu\u00e1ndo la red de atenci\u00f3n de urgencia est\u00e1 &quot;completa&quot;?<\/li>\n<li>\u00bfPara cu\u00e1ndo se espera que la red de atenci\u00f3n de urgencia est\u00e9 \u201ccompleta\u201d?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>\u201cTambi\u00e9n instamos a TriWest a que trabaje en estrecha colaboraci\u00f3n con los VAMC en Oreg\u00f3n, Idaho y Washington para desarrollar su red de atenci\u00f3n de urgencia lo antes posible y garantizar que los veteranos reciban informaci\u00f3n clara sobre sus opciones\u201d.&nbsp;<\/b>continuaron los senadores.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Se puede encontrar una copia completa de la carta.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/TriWest%20Letter.pdf\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Se puede encontrar una versi\u00f3n web del comunicado&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/wyden-crapo-merkley-risch-call-on-triwest-to-ensure-urgent-care-access-for-veterans-in-rural-communities\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;&ndash; U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, today&nbsp;pressed&nbsp;TriWest Healthcare Alliance on its implementation of the new urgent care benefit under the VA MISSION Act following reports that veterans in rural Oregon and Idaho are unable to access the benefit. 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