Military Times October 2, 2019
The Department of Veterans Affairs is notifying veterans who receive their medical care at VA health facilities that VA will soon start sharing that health information with doctors they may see outside the VA, without notifying them first.
VA is sending letters to veterans’ homes notifying them of the change. Under the 2018 VA Mission Act, the department is working to ensure that VA physicians and non-VA medical providers can access a veteran’s health care information in order to treat them.
Veterans currently opt into the VA’s health record file sharing agreement. But with the change, they will be have to opt out, using a VA Form 10-10164, which they can download from the VA’s...
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