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Suicide Prevention in Community Care: The C-SSRS and What Comes Next

Veteran suicide rates exceed non-veteran rates, and the highest-risk window for many veterans is the months following separation from service or a major life transition. Community care providers see those veterans. The clinical work in those visits is some of the most consequential a community clinician will do.

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Suicide Prevention in Community Care: The C-SSRS and What Comes Next

Veteran suicide rates exceed non-veteran rates, and the highest-risk window for many veterans is the months following separation from service.....

PACT Act Presumptive Conditions: A Clinical Reading Guide

The PACT Act expanded VA's presumptive service-connection list to cover toxic exposures across multiple service eras. For community clinicians, that.....

HSRM, EPS, and HPP: The Three Acronyms That Make or Break a CCN Practice

Every CCN-participating practice eventually learns these three acronyms. The ones that learn them early run smoothly. The ones that learn.....

The Senator Elizabeth Dole Act: One Year In

The Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act passed in 2025. Among its quietest but most.....

CCN Next Generation: The Successor Contract Taking Shape

VA's Office of Integrated Veteran Care is preparing the successor to the current CCN contract. The program is in market.....

The January 2026 Claims Hold: What It Means for Your Practice

TriWest publicly notified network practices that CCN claims with dates of service on or after January 1, 2026 are being.....

VA Access Standards in 2026: How Veterans Become Eligible for Community Care

20 days. 28 days. 30 minutes. 60 minutes. Plus the Senator Elizabeth Dole Act changes that eliminated the second-opinion bottleneck......

Treating Veteran Patients in Community Care: What Every Clinician Should Know

PTSD presentations the textbooks miss. Military Sexual Trauma. PACT Act toxic exposures. Suicide screening that actually works. The clinical shorthand.....

What VA Community Care Means for Direct Care Providers in 2026

The operating picture every clinical practice needs before they say yes to a veteran referral — the TPAs, the regions,.....

What Is a VA Community Care Direct Care Provider?

Before the operational details, the eligibility math, and the policy changes — the question that has to be answered first......
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