Within VA’s nationwide health care system, primary care providers like you can find more of what you’re looking for from a career even as you play a vital role in providing whole health care to Veterans.
“Have you wished that you could focus on the reason you became a doctor in the first place?” asked Dr. Holly Martz, M.D., chief of primary care in the VA Martinsburg Health Care System. “At VA, you can order the tests your patients need without having to convince an insurance company—or worrying about whether they can afford it.”
Additionally, VA medical centers are often training grounds for new physicians. With more than 70% of U.S. physicians having received some training at a VA health care facility, you’ll have a hand in shaping the next generation of clinicians.
“What I didn’t expect was a system that allows me to go home after each shift feeling empowered rather than depleted,” said Dr. Neil Patel of his work at VA.
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I am a Vietnam Era DVA/PVA with spinal cord injury.
My roof, chimney , eves and soffits have algae/fungus growing.afterwards just paint those affected areas.
It’s the humidity and dust , I think.
I am permanently and totally disabled.
How can the VA , vets or contractors help.
THE PCP SYSTEM IS GARBAGE. The VA loves this system but Medicare and many insurance providers no longer use it. VA PCP people can order referrals to VA Dr or community care Dr but all referrals are reviewed by higher ups so you just might not get that care!! Or your Dr/nurse pcp might just decide you don’t deserve or need a referral. Healthcare workers and patients alike hate the Primary Care Physician system. They are gate keepers and care deniers. I would like all the money I spent because my PCP at VA DENIED ME REFERRALS EVEN TO VA DR’S. I begged and pleaded for months and was refused. So I went through my local hospital, doctors, clinics and paid for the care I was refused by VA PCP?Obsolete