Previously, VA required you to provide written authorization for VA to release your electronic health information to your community care provider. Starting in January, 2020 – VA will automatically share your health information with your community provider, requiring no action on your part. 

You can opt out of of sharing automatically if you wish. THERE IS NO SEPTEMBER 30TH DEADLINE TO OPT OUT.

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VA has announced improvements to the Caregiver Support Program and a timeline for expanding the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers. VA is expanding the program in accordance with the VA MISSION Act of 2018. The first phase of the program expansion will occur once the VA Secretary has certified that VA’s new caregiver information technology system is fully implemented, which could be as early as the Summer of 2020.

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