WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) today welcomed the news that the Veterans Health Administration (VA) is moving to voluntarily implement one of the key proposals from their bipartisan Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act, helping to ensure that veterans can get the care they need in a timely fashion at VA facilities.<\/p>\n
Specifically, the new VA proposal would allow Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to provide health care services to the full extent of their practice authority. This will make it easier for the VA to find enough medical professionals to fill the need for health care services for veterans, particularly for primary care services and in rural areas.<\/p>\n
\n“Our veterans have stood up for us, and we must stand up for them,” said Merkley. “Long wait times for health care at the VA put veterans’ health in jeopardy and are unacceptable. I’m pleased that the VA has taken this first step forward. I look forward to working with Senators on both sides of the aisle to move forward on our other common-sense ideas to improve VA health care staffing and cut down on wait times for our veterans.”<\/p>\n
\u201cMe complace que VA reconozca la necesidad de reducir los tr\u00e1mites burocr\u00e1ticos innecesarios que impiden que nuestros veteranos reciban atenci\u00f3n adecuada y oportuna\u201d, dijo Rounds. \u201cAl aliviar las restricciones innecesarias impuestas a los APRN dentro del sistema VA, los veteranos en Dakota del Sur y en todo el pa\u00eds tendr\u00e1n un mayor acceso a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica y podr\u00e1n recibir esa atenci\u00f3n m\u00e1s cerca de casa. Agradezco a mis colegas en el Senado que trabajaron conmigo para corregir esta pol\u00edtica equivocada y espero trabajar con VA para ver c\u00f3mo se implementa\u201d.<\/p>\n
“Not long ago, the VA medical center in Hampton, Va., had one of the longest wait times in the nation for veterans attempting to access the care they have earned,” said Sen. Warner. “In my repeated visits to that hospital and other VA facilities in my state, I’ve heard from local VA leadership again and again about their staffing challenges. Allowing qualified APRNs to practice to the full extent of their medical authority is an important, commonsense step that will assist the Department of Veterans Affairs in meeting patient needs, especially in rural areas. In Congress, we must continue looking for bipartisan, cost-effective solutions to help ease hiring of qualified medical personnel at the VA so we can do better by all of our men and women who have worn the uniform.”<\/p>\n
\u201cLos veteranos de todo el pa\u00eds contin\u00faan enfrentando tiempos de espera inaceptables para recibir incluso los servicios de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica m\u00e1s b\u00e1sicos\u201d, dijo Tillis. \u201cMe complace ver que VA ha dado un paso proactivo para abordar los tiempos de espera y los problemas de personal mediante la implementaci\u00f3n de nuestra propuesta bipartidista para permitir que las enfermeras registradas altamente calificadas desempe\u00f1en un papel m\u00e1s amplio en el cuidado de nuestros veteranos\u201d. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The VA published the policy change today as a proposed regla<\/span><\/a>. Habr\u00e1 un per\u00edodo de comentarios de 60 d\u00edas sobre la reglamentaci\u00f3n, despu\u00e9s del cual la regla puede entrar en vigencia.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) today welcomed the news that the Veterans Health Administration (VA) is moving to voluntarily implement one of the key proposals from their bipartisan Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act, helping to ensure that veterans can get the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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