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VA/DoD DEMONSTRATION PROJECT JOINT CREDENTIALING ’

VA/DoD DEMONSTRATION PROJECT JOINT CREDENTIALING ’. MARK GOLDSTEIN, CHE VA/DoD Medical Sharing. BACKGROUND. BACKGROUND House Appropriations Committee Report 107-298 (FY 02)

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VA/DoD DEMONSTRATION PROJECT JOINT CREDENTIALING ’

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  1. VA/DoD DEMONSTRATION PROJECT JOINT CREDENTIALING’ MARK GOLDSTEIN, CHE VA/DoD Medical Sharing

  2. BACKGROUND BACKGROUND House Appropriations Committee Report 107-298 (FY 02) “As a result of questions raised in recent press accounts about the quality of military healthcare, together with the findings in the subsequent report of the DoD Healthcare Quality Initiatives Review Panel, the Committee believes that action must be taken to improve oversight of the military healthcare system. Therefore, the Committee directs that $2,000,000 of the funds available under this heading be available only for a pilot study to evaluate the merits of integrating the Department of Defense Centralized Credentials Quality Assurance System (CCQAS) with the Veterans Administration Professional Review Program (VETPRO) credentials system.” (page 234)

  3. MERITS OF INTEGRATION STUDY ALPHA TEST SITES • Naval Hospital, Great Lakes/North Chicago • Nellis AFB/VA Las Vegas • Ireland Army Community Hospital/VA Louisville, KY OVERALL PROGRAM GOAL • Streamline shared providers credentialing process METHOD • Interface - DoD Centralized Credentials Quality Assurance System (CCQAS) & VA VetPro Systems

  4. NDAA 03 GAO HEC DSS Oversight Local IMIT Wk Grp Each (IM/IT) Project VHA Credentialing RITPO DoD/VA IMIT Wk Grp DEMONSTRATION PROJECT - PROCESS Local Consortium Local Program Manager

  5. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT - TIMELINE FY05 FY06 FY07 OCT DEC FEB APR JUN AUG OCT DEC FEB APR JUN AUG OCT PHASE I PHASE II PHASE III PHASE IV

  6. DEMONSTRATION PROJECT PILOT TEST PHASES • I - Use existing interface with ability to implement Change Requests (CRs) • II – Train and deploy CCQAS 2.8 • III – Add all licensed, registered, and certified professionals • IV – Local Centralized Verification Office (CVO)

  7. JOINT STRATEGIC GOALS • Leadership Commitment and Accountability* • High Quality Health Care* • Seamless Coordination of Benefits • Integrated Information Sharing* • Efficiency of Operations* • Joint Contingency/Readiness Capabilities

  8. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTBENEFIT SUCCESS • Share credentialing data • VA, DoD and JCAHO compliance • Web-based credentials application process with scanning • Extend VA and WHMC credentialing database to other practitioners/practitioners • Establish a centralized credentials verification office (CVO)

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