My question is who determines your choice for preferred VA treatment facility (your primary VA treatment facility)?
I have been treated at a single VA Treatment facility in NC since 2006. I have property in NC and FL. I have been using my FL residence until the residential construction is completed on the NC property. Prior to this I rented in NC.
My primary provider transferred so I was assigned a new physician a couple of months ago. It was going fine until his screening nurse noticed I had a temp address in FL. At that point she asked if that was temporary. I explained as above. The treatment stopped and right quick.
I was told by her my treatment was restricted to: "urgent/emergencies".
I had assumed this was merely a mask to push me off an opioid prescription (since 2008). I acquiesced that point but they continued their unilateral and abrupt virtual refusal to continue my treatment there.
Is their refusal to continue my treatment at my designated preferred VA facility in fact within the scope of the nurse's/provider's authority?
I won't bother with what that means to tell a person to tough luck, see ya, after receiving an opioid prescription for a SC disability (reconciled by Neurology consult).
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My question is who determines your choice for preferred VA treatment facility (your primary VA treatment facility)?
I have been treated at a single VA Treatment facility in NC since 2006. I have property in NC and FL. I have been using my FL residence until the residential construction is completed on the NC property. Prior to this I rented in NC.
My primary provider transferred so I was assigned a new physician a couple of months ago. It was going fine until his screening nurse noticed I had a temp address in FL. At that point she asked if that was temporary. I explained as above. The treatment stopped and right quick.
I was told by her my treatment was restricted to: "urgent/emergencies".
I had assumed this was merely a mask to push me off an opioid prescription (since 2008). I acquiesced that point but they continued their unilateral and abrupt virtual refusal to continue my treatment there.
Is their refusal to continue my treatment at my designated preferred VA facility in fact within the scope of the nurse's/provider's authority?
I won't bother with what that means to tell a person to tough luck, see ya, after receiving an opioid prescription for a SC disability (reconciled by Neurology consult).
PS: if this is the incorrect forum please move.
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Vync
So much for the VA's Patient's Bill of Rights. They just threw that right out the window. Your primary VA treating facility should be determined by your primary residential zip code, but your tre
Vync
Don't settle for that. You're SC and deserve equal medical treatment across all regions without being restricted to emergency/urgent care in one area. Yeah, you might have to register in that region,
cannoncocker
Vync, we/I am lucky you are active on this forum. I appreciate your willingness to share your knowledge and experience. It's pointless to me to pushback, aside from on principle that after 8 year
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