20 Department of Veterans Affairs

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All recommendations in this chapter

Every recommendation this chapter is the home of, in printed-page order.

1. 644 Rescind VA clinical directives on abortion and gender reassignment surgery Not started
2. 645 Codify VA MISSION Act Community Care access standards in legislation Needs Congress Not started
3. 645 Create a veterans bill of rights Not started
4. 645 Issue new Secretarial directives to implement the VA MISSION Act Not started
5. 646 Implement MISSION Act Section 121 veteran health care options education program Not started
6. 646 Return the Office for Innovation of Care and Payment to Enterprise Integration Not started
7. 646 Overhaul the Family Caregiver Program expansion Not started
8. 646 Require public VHA reporting using Medicare ACO-style standards Not started
9. 646 Have VA Medical Centers seek academic and private-sector community input Not started
10. 646 Conduct an independent audit of the VA modeled on the 2018 DOD audit Not started
11. 646 Assess VHA facility misalignment and rising infrastructure costs Not started
12. 647 Expand Community Based Outpatient Clinics instead of aging VA campuses Not started
13. 647 Pilot VA facility-sharing partnerships with local health care systems Not started
14. 647 Extend the Under Secretary for Health's term to five years, renewable once Needs Congress Not started
15. 647 Establish an SES VHA Care System Chief Information Officer position Not started
16. 647 Bring VA wait times into compliance with VA MISSION Act time frames Not started
17. 647 Assess clinical appointment loads where wait times exceed MISSION Act limits Not started
18. 647 Require VHA providers to see about 19 patients per day, matching DOD Not started
19. 647 Pilot extended weekday and Saturday VA appointment hours Not started
20. 647 Create pay exceptions for hard-to-recruit high-demand clinical services Not started
21. 648 Assess facilities with below-average Community Care referral rates Not started
22. 648 Expand telehealth and rural broadband to serve veterans and cut costs Not started
23. 648 Assess VA recruitment and retention in competitive medical markets Not started
24. 648 Aggressively recruit retired physicians to serve veterans Not started
25. 648 Expand VA tuition assistance for service in rural or understaffed VAMCs Not started
26. 648 Examine VA mental health workforce surpluses and deficits Not started
27. 648 Assess Electronic Health Record transition delays and functionality problems Not started
28. 649 Set benefits performance targets and report performance publicly each quarter Not started
29. 649 Create an "Express 30" pilot for a veteran's first disability claim Not started
30. 649 Hire more private companies to perform disability medical examinations Not started
31. 649 Increase automation of VBA disability claims processing Not started
32. 649 Change VA rules to reduce improper benefit payments and fraud Not started
33. 650 Accelerate VASRD reviews to cut disability ratings for future claimants Not started
34. 650 Reassess the VBA information technology top-line budget Not started
35. 650 Have the VBA make the case for a larger share of VA IT funding Not started
36. 650 Reform VBA human capital management to use more contractors on claims Not started
37. 650 Improve the VBA acquisition workforce and private-sector outreach Not started
38. 650 Establish a VBA knowledge exchange program with private-sector firms Not started
39. 651 Rescind all VA delegations of authority from the prior Administration Not started
40. 651 Transfer career SES out of PA/PAS-designated VA positions on day one Day one Not started
41. 651 Review VA hybrid and remote work and restore in-person presence Not started
42. 651 Expedite acquisition of a new VA Human Resources IT (HRIT) system Not started
43. 652 Broaden VA pay and benefits for critical non-medical skill sets Not started
44. 652 Maximize VA hiring and pay authorities from the RAISE Act and PACT Act Not started
45. 652 Train VA leaders and managers on workplace culture and reward performance Not started
46. 652 Increase VA hiring of veterans and military spouses Not started
47. 652 Prepare a vetted roster of VA appointees with the Presidential Personnel Office Not started
48. 652 Authorize more non-career PA positions at the VA Needs Congress Not started
49. 652 Increase use of Limited Term Appointment SES positions at the VA Not started
50. 653 Sunset the VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Needs Congress Not started
51. 654 Decouple Human Resources and Administration from the Office of Security and Preparedness Not started

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