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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="4626" measure-id="id117hr4626" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-07-22" update-date="2022-03-29">
        <title>VA AIM Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr4626v53" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-03-29">
            <action-date>2021-11-16</action-date>
            <action-desc>Passed House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>VA Assessment by Independent Measures Act or the VA AIM Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to, at least once every 10 years, enter into a contract with a private sector entity or entities to conduct an independent assessment of the hospital care, medical services, and other health care furnished by the VA.</p> <p>The contracted entities must have experience and proven outcomes in health care management and in optimizing the performance of the health care delivery systems of the Veterans Health Administration and the private sector. The entities must also specialize in implementing large-scale organizational and cultural transformations.</p>]]></summary-text>
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        <summary summary-id="id117hr4626v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2021-11-17">
            <action-date>2021-07-22</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>VA Assessment by Independent Measures Act or the VA AIM Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to, at least once every 10 years, enter into a contract with a private sector entity or entities to conduct an independent assessment of the hospital care, medical services, and other health care furnished by the VA.</p> <p>The contracted entities must have experience and proven outcomes in health care management and in optimizing the performance of the health care delivery systems of the Veterans Health Administration and the private sector. The entities must also specialize in implementing large-scale organizational and cultural transformations.<br> </p>]]></summary-text>
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