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Attention Purple Heart Recipients
On 30 November, 1999, Veterans awarded the Purple Heart were exempted
from reporting financial information (Means Testing) and Medical care
co-payments. The $2.00 Pharmacy co-payment still applies. Copy of DD Form
214 is required for verification. Contact the Veteran Service Center in your area
for additional information.
The Veterans Health Administration directive relating to this new policy is
quoted below:
CHANGE IN THE ELIGIBILITY FOR CARE OF VETERANS AWARDED
THE PURPLE HEART.
1. PURPOSE: This Veterans Health Administration directive implements new
eligibility and enrollment requirements for veterans awarded the Purple Heart.
2. POLICY: Public Law 106-117, the Veterans Millennium Health Care and
Benefits Act, which amended the law to place veterans awarded the Purple
Heart in enrollment priority group 3, and to exempt those veterans from
co-payment requirements associated with provision of hospital care and
outpatient medical services.
3. ACTION: a. Veterans awarded the Purple Heart may submit appropriate
documentation (i.e. DD 214, service records, orders of award, certificate, etc.)
for inclusion into the veteran's Consolidated Health Record folder. Field stations
are also to fax these documents to the Health Eligibility Center at
(404)235-1355.
b. As an interim measure, the Health Eligibility Center will provide each
Department of Veterans Affairs health care facility with a partial listing of Purple
Heart recipients to assist facilities in manually exempting these veterans from
co-payment requirement associated with hospital care and outpatient medical
services. The Office of Information will develop software to capture data on
veterans awarded a Purple Heart and effect other changes in information
systrems necessary to accommodate provisions of Public Law 106-117 relating
to Purple Heart Award recipients.
c. Field stations must ensure that those veterans awarded a Purple Heart who
were previously, or would be, classified in enrollment priority groups 4 through 7
are placed in enrollment priority group 3 and are not charged co-payments.
d. Manual tracking is necesssitated until Veterans Health Information Systems
and Technology Architecture software modifications are implemented to ensure
these veterans are not inappropriately billed medical care co-payment charges.
e. Veterans awarded the Purple Heart are to be reimbursed for any medical care
co-payments paid for VHA care provided on or after November 30, 1999.
f. VHA officials must have verifiable evidence that veterans received the Purple
Heart before reimbursing any co-payments or changing veterans' enrollment
status.
4. REFERENCE: Public Law 106-117, dated November 30, 1999
5. FOLLOW-UP RESPONSIBILITY: Health Administration Services is
responsible for the content of this directive.
6. RESCISSION: This VHA Directive will expire March 1, 2005
Web site relating to continued search for POW and MIA from
Vietnam:
The Waiting Goes On web site is dedicated to continuing the search for our
Missing in Action military personnel from the Vietnam era. You can read about
their efforts, join their group or donate to their cause by checking out their web
site at www.thewaitinggoeson.com.
This site has also posted a YouTube song in support of families with loved ones
missing. You can view this song at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFq6psb-ma0
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On 30 November, 1999, Veterans awarded the Purple Heart were exempted
from reporting financial information (Means Testing) and Medical care
co-payments. The $2.00 Pharmacy co-payment still applies. Copy of DD Form
214 is required for verification. Contact the Veteran Service Center in your area
for additional information.
The Veterans Health Administration directive relating to this new policy is
quoted below:
CHANGE IN THE ELIGIBILITY FOR CARE OF VETERANS AWARDED
THE PURPLE HEART.
1. PURPOSE: This Veterans Health Administration directive implements new
eligibility and enrollment requirements for veterans awarded the Purple Heart.
2. POLICY: Public Law 106-117, the Veterans Millennium Health Care and
Benefits Act, which amended the law to place veterans awarded the Purple
Heart in enrollment priority group 3, and to exempt those veterans from
co-payment requirements associated with provision of hospital care and
outpatient medical services.
3. ACTION: a. Veterans awarded the Purple Heart may submit appropriate
documentation (i.e. DD 214, service records, orders of award, certificate, etc.)
for inclusion into the veteran's Consolidated Health Record folder. Field stations
are also to fax these documents to the Health Eligibility Center at
(404)235-1355.
b. As an interim measure, the Health Eligibility Center will provide each
Department of Veterans Affairs health care facility with a partial listing of Purple
Heart recipients to assist facilities in manually exempting these veterans from
co-payment requirement associated with hospital care and outpatient medical
services. The Office of Information will develop software to capture data on
veterans awarded a Purple Heart and effect other changes in information
systrems necessary to accommodate provisions of Public Law 106-117 relating
to Purple Heart Award recipients.
c. Field stations must ensure that those veterans awarded a Purple Heart who
were previously, or would be, classified in enrollment priority groups 4 through 7
are placed in enrollment priority group 3 and are not charged co-payments.
d. Manual tracking is necesssitated until Veterans Health Information Systems
and Technology Architecture software modifications are implemented to ensure
these veterans are not inappropriately billed medical care co-payment charges.
e. Veterans awarded the Purple Heart are to be reimbursed for any medical care
co-payments paid for VHA care provided on or after November 30, 1999.
f. VHA officials must have verifiable evidence that veterans received the Purple
Heart before reimbursing any co-payments or changing veterans' enrollment
status.
4. REFERENCE: Public Law 106-117, dated November 30, 1999
5. FOLLOW-UP RESPONSIBILITY: Health Administration Services is
responsible for the content of this directive.
6. RESCISSION: This VHA Directive will expire March 1, 2005
Web site relating to continued search for POW and MIA from
Vietnam:
The Waiting Goes On web site is dedicated to continuing the search for our
Missing in Action military personnel from the Vietnam era. You can read about
their efforts, join their group or donate to their cause by checking out their web
site at www.thewaitinggoeson.com.
This site has also posted a YouTube song in support of families with loved ones
missing. You can view this song at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFq6psb-ma0
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