3.0.0 3035 2023-01-11T13:32:40Z 2023-01-11T13:32:40Z Senate S 2016-06-08 114 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2016-06-29T18:30:34Z Referred to 2016-06-08T18:59:59Z 2016-06-29 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-707. Committee 2016-06-08 ssva00 Veterans' Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-06-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV N T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2016-06-08 True Armed Forces and National Security Department of Veterans Affairs Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health information and medical records Health personnel Rural conditions and development Veterans' medical care Armed Forces and National Security 00 2016-06-08 Introduced in Senate 2016-08-22T17:34:29Z Maximizing Efficiency and Improving Access to Providers at the Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 2016

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out an 18-month pilot program to increase the use of medical scribes to maximize the efficiency of physicians at VA medical facilities. A "medical scribe" is defined as a member of the medical team hired and trained to perform documentation in an electronic health record to maximize the productivity of a physician.

The program shall be conducted at not fewer than five medical facilities: (1) that the VA determines have a high volume of patients; or (2) which are located in rural areas, at which there is a shortage of physicians, and each physician of which has a high caseload.

To carry out such program, the VA shall enter into a contract with one or more appropriate nongovernmental entities that train and employ professional medical scribes who specialize in the collection of medical data and data entry into electronic health records.

The VA shall collect data to determine the effectiveness of the program, including information on changes in the average wait times for veterans to receive care, the average number of patients that a physician is able to see, the average amount of time such a physician spends on documentation, physician satisfaction and retention scores, and patient satisfaction scores.

]]> Maximizing Efficiency and Improving Access to Providers at the Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 2016 Display Title Maximizing Efficiency and Improving Access to Providers at the Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to increase the use of medical scribes to maximize the efficiency of physicians at medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Maximizing Efficiency and Improving Access to Providers at the Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3035is/xml/BILLS-114s3035is.xml 2016-06-29 Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-707. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.